By Right Of Discovery

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On Thanksgiving Day, hundreds of people gather on Alcatraz Island, the famous former prison and one of the largest tourist attractions in San Francisco, for a sunrise ceremony to honor Indigenous culture and history. In 1969, an intertribal group of students and activists took over the island for over 16 months in an act of political resistance. Richard Oakes, a young Mohawk from New York, was one of the leaders in this movement dubbed the "Red Power Movement." Latino USA tells the story of Richard Oakes' life, from his first involvement in activism to his untimely death at the age of 30.

This episode originally aired on November 2018.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hola dear listener, it's Marta Martinez, senior editor at Latino USA.
0:06.6	Your support keeps our journalism truly independent.
0:10.2	Help us continue our Pulitzer Prize winning work by making a tax deductible gift today.
0:16.1	If you have never given before, now is the time.
0:19.8	All new gifts will be doubled.
0:21.8	Go to FuturomediaGroup.org, backslash donate to give.
0:26.7	Do it now and you will be thanked online and we will list you on our special honor role.
0:31.7	Tune in on Giving Tuesday at 4pm Eastern to Mariano Jose's Instagram.
0:36.6	There will be a special IG Live featuring Maria Garcia, the creator of anything for Selena.
0:42.0	Together we will talk about the power of journalism with heart.
0:46.7	From all of us at Futuromedia, thank you.
0:50.2	We cannot do this without you.
1:07.2	It was 1969 and 27 year old native student Richard Oaks was standing on Alcatraz Island,
1:15.0	the famous prison off the coast of San Francisco.
1:18.2	It had been standing empty for the last six years.
1:21.3	We, the Native Americans, reclaimed this land known as Alcatraz Island and a name of all
1:25.7	American Indians by right of discovery.
1:28.2	It's blowing out the treasurer.
1:30.0	Everybody can see it.
1:31.0	I went into the country, you have the Statue of Liberty and this is just the opposite.
1:34.9	We have a true reality of liberty.
1:37.9	For centuries, conquerors and settlers stole land from indigenous tribes and struck up treaties
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.