1942
Richard Oakes, Native American civil rights activist (died 1972)
Richard Oakes, Native American civil rights activist (died 1972)
Richard Oakes, Native American civil rights activist (died 1972)
Richard Oakes (activist)
Mohawk American Indian activist (1942–1972)
- Born
- 1942
Richard Oakes was a Mohawk American Indian activist and academic. He spurred American Indian studies in university curricula and is credited for helping to change US federal government termination policies of American Indian peoples and culture. Oakes led a nineteen-month occupation of Alcatraz Island with LaNada Means, approximately 50 California State University students, and 37 others. The Occupation of Alcatraz is credited for opening a rediscovered unity among all American Indian tribes.