On 50th anniversary of the takeover of the island, it’s time to recognise how it inspired a global indigenous movement.
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Kent Blansett
Kent Blansett is an Associate Professor of History and Native American Studies at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.
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Kent Blansett is an Associate Professor of History and Native American Studies at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. He is a Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Shawnee and Potawatomi descendant and author of the first biography of Richard Oakes entitled, A Journey to Freedom: Richard Oakes, Alcatraz, and the Red Power Movement (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018).
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