Radio Free Alcatraz | March, 1970

Good evening this is John Trudell. We have been lucky here, we haven’t really had a lot of cold weather. And we, about a week ago, we received $15,000 worth of medical supplies and beds from Los Angeles. I think George Brown donated it to us. He brought it up here. We’ve got things pretty well in shape here. Our biggest hassles right now are with food supplies, fresh foods, and we have a boat problem yet. We are still chartering a boat but we are looking into buying a boat of our own, because that is our biggest single expense.

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John Trudell speaks with Vernon W. Conway prior to George Brown interview by Earl Livermore. | 1969

JOHN TRUDELL: Good evening and welcome to Indian Land Radio from Alcatraz Island. This is John Trudell welcoming you on behalf of the Indians of All Tribes. Tonight we’ve got quite a busy evening. At seven-thirty, Congressman George Brown, the Democrat from Los Angeles, we will be speaking with him. Earl Livermore, the coordinator for the Alcatraz Movement is here, and we will be speaking with Congressman Brown about the resolution that he and ten other Congressmen introduced into Congress urging Mr. Nixon to start negotiations with the people of Alcatraz so that they can turn the island over to us. And also, there have been no further reports on the accident that happened to Yvonne Oakes. There have been no further reports on this. She is still listed in a critical condition, I believe. 

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