Word: mohawk
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they are on Alcatraz to stay. Announcing that they considered their invasion a success, the occupiers and 183 visitors, including Eskimos, Mexican Aztecs and a representative sampling of American tribesmen, gathered to make plans for governing the newly seized territory. Meeting under the leadership of Richard Oakes, 27, a Mohawk who attends San Francisco State College, they discussed, among other things, the legality of their occupation and a center for native American studies that they intend to establish on the island. The Indians are willing to buy Alcatraz from the U.S. Their offer: "$24 in glass beads and red cloth...