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Steve Krizman
@thewrongturn.co

Remembering Richard Oakes, a legendary Indigenous leader cut down at the age of 30. Murdered #OTD, Sept. 20, 1972. Oakes led the 19-month occupation of Alcatraz Island, an action that inspired Indigenous takeovers of contested land throughout the Northwest.

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Steve Krizman
@thewrongturn.co

He participated in the occupation of the abandoned Fort Lawton military base in Seattle, of a corporate retreat center operated by Pacific Gas & Electric, of sacred burial grounds slated for development by Boise Cascade, and several others.

Steve Krizman
@thewrongturn.co

He sought to bring Indigenous nations together for reparations and cultural revival. He protested the California Highway Department’s seizure of Indigenous land to widen a road in Sonoma County, and got into a dispute with the manager of a YMCA camp.

Steve Krizman
@thewrongturn.co

He was unarmed when the white man shot him in the heart. An all-white jury acquitted him of manslaughter six months later. #Indigenous #history #forgottenhistory