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Akwesasne Notes Hank Adams Richard Oakes

Richard Oakes, Alcatraz and More – Hank Adams (1972)

“The death of Richard Oakes provides emphatic proof that there has been no ebb in the sickness and sea of violence which White America has maintained against Indian people throughout its history to sweep away the lives of our nameless and our renowned.”

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Akwesasne Notes Chief Leschi Ramona Bennett

Proclamation of the Puyallup Tribe on the Repossession of the Cushman Indian Hospital Lands (1976)

“…the PUYALLUP TRIBAL COUNCIL, being unable to succeed through these other routes of action, HEREBY RESORTS TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND EXERCISES ITS SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OF OWNERSHIP…”

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Akwesasne Notes Malik

The Inuit of Greenland: A Brief History – Malik (1975)

“In return they received manufactured products, an exchange guaranteed to leave them at the bottom of the growing European capitalistic society.”

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Akwesasne Notes Anna Mae Pictou Aquash

Review of ‘The Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash’ – Akwesasne Notes (1978)

“It is, in reality, an attempt at a history of AIM and also of the U.S. intelligence effort against Native people.”

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Akwesasne Notes Anna Mae Pictou Aquash

Anna Mae Lived and Died For All of Us – Boston Indian Council (1976)

“There were many years of growing pains before the BIC was to be able to stand on its own, but without women like Anna Mae, it would never have been possible.”

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Akwesasne Notes Anna Mae Pictou Aquash Phoenix

Indian Activist’s Bold Life on Film – John Tuvo (1980)

“‘Brave Hearted Woman,’ a 90-minute documentary film on the death of Indian activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, touched the hearts of a good-sized crowd at SF State’s McKenna Theater Tuesday and raised disturbing questions about American law officials’ dealings with Indians.”

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Akwesasne Notes John Waubanascum Jr.

So I Started Fighting For My People – John Waubanascum Jr. (1976)

“I returned and found my people hurting also. Hurt by the same White government I was fighting for.”

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Akwesasne Notes Ben Michel

Innu Campaign Against the Militarization of Ntesinan – Ben Michel (1986)

“Who knows what kind of training will be permitted in our land once NATO gets its foot in the door?”

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Akwesasne Notes Kanentiio Mad Bear Wallace Anderson

Mad Bear Wallace Anderson: Tuscarora Activist 1927-1985 – Kanentiio (1986)

“Mad Bear was the most widely known native leader of the 1950s and early 60s. He could be found wherever there was a fight between native people and the ‘government’…”

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Akwesasne Notes John Mohawk

Robotization: A Second Industrial Revolution – John Mohawk (1983)

“It is alarming that this Revolution, which de­-emphasizes the human as a productive economic asset, is taking place at a time when there is extensive conflict around the world.”

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