Episode 151: Rambo Jesus | Bobby Baker and the Occupation of Alcatraz

Hillary and Tina cover the 101st Senator Bobby Baker and the Occupation of Alcatraz Island. Hillary’s Story Political advisor Bobby Baker wheeled and dealed with DC powerhouses. BUT when he mingles with the mob, he risks his career. Tina’s Story Indigenous groups in America had their land brutally taken from them by colonizers. BUT in 1969, Native American activists fought to reclaim land. Sources Hillary's Story New York Times Bobby Baker, String-Puller Snared in Senate Scandal, Dies at 89 (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/obituaries/bobby-baker-string-puller-snared-in-senate-scandal-dies-at-89.html)--by Neil Genzlinger MAJOR POLITICAL SCANDAL LOOMING IN THE BOBBY BAKER CASE (https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/26/archives/major-political-scandal-looming-in-the-bobby-baker-case-as-it.html) Politico Bobby Baker: The ‘101st Senator’ (https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/28/bobby-baker-obituary-216192/)--by Joshua Zeitz Sex in the Senate (https://web.archive.org/web/20190401230913/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/11/sex-in-the-senate-bobby-baker-99530_Page3.html#.XKKaJOzP3t1)--by Todd S. Purdum Spartacus Educational Bobby Baker (https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKbakerB.htm) Washington Post Bobby Baker, protege of Lyndon Johnson felled by influence-peddling scandal, dies at 89 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/bobby-baker-protege-of-lyndon-johnson-felled-by-influence-peddling-scandal-dies-at-89/2017/11/17/ffb7ce04-cc06-11e7-b0cf-7689a9f2d84e_story.html)--by Jon Thurber Wikipedia Bobby Baker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Baker) Photos Bobby Baker- (https://static.politico.com/dims4/default/8af475a/2147483647/resize/971x/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F0f%2F10%2F581e8d12438891ef4b7df3590951%2Fmag-obit-bobby-bakeri-ap-1160.jpg)-from AP via Politico Bobby Baker and Lyndon Johnson (https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/11/18/obituaries/18baker1/18baker1-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp)--via The New York Times Ellen Rometsch (https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/b0d/eae/9172a6e9707ac0a3433ae9caea38677c6b-21-ellen-rometsch.2x.rvertical.w330.jpg)--from AP via The Cut Tina's Story Aeon The Invasion of America (https://aeon.co/essays/how-were-1-5-billion-acres-of-land-so-rapidly-stolen)--by Claudio Saunt The American Yawp Reader Native Americans Occupy Alcatraz (1969) (https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/28-the-unraveling/native-americans-occupy-alcatraz-1969/) Autry Museum The Alcatraz Logbook: Signs of Red Power (https://theautry.org/research/blog/alcatraz-logbook-signs-red-power)--by Joe D. Horse Britannica Alcatraz (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alcatraz) CNN 1969 Alcatraz takeover 'changed the whole course of history' (https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/20/alcatraz.indian.occupation/)--by Nicole Lapin and Jason Hanna K12 Washington State 1969 OCCUPATION OF ALCATRAZ (https://www.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/public/indianed/curriculum/ReadytoGo/1969%20Alcatraz%20%28HS%29.pdf)--by Ryan Markel KQED A Look Back at the Occupation of Alcatraz, 51 Years Later (https://www.kqed.org/news/11788540/a-look-back-at-the-occupation-of-alcatraz-50-years-later)--by Jessica Placzek, Ericka Cruz Guevarra, and Alice Woelfle Los Angeles Times Indigenous tribes took over Alcatraz 51 years ago. Read the ‘holy grail’ of the occupation (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-11-19/alcatraz-occupation-indigenous-tribes-autry-museum)--by Carolina A. Miranda The New York Times How a Native American Resistance Held Alcatraz for 18 Months (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/us/native-american-occupation-alcatraz.html)--by John Treuer PBS Today in History: “We Hold the Rock”: The Occupation of Alcatraz and the Native American Fight for Sovereignty in the Age of Fracture (https://www.pbs.org/wnet/exploring-hate/2021/11/16/today-in-history-occupation-of-alcatraz/)--by Charles L. Chavis Why Native Americans are buying back land that was stolen from them (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-native-americans-are-buying-back-land-that-was-stolen-from-them#:~:text=From%201877%20to%201934%2C%20through,the%20slogan%20%22land%20back%22.)--by Kira Kay and Jason Maloney San Francisco Public Press Return to Alcatraz: 50 Years After Native American Occupation, National Park Service Considers Permanent Cultural Center (https://www.sfpublicpress.org/50-years-after-native-american-occupation-alcatraz-considers-cultural-center/)--by Mel Baker White House Self determination without termination (https://www.whitehousehistory.org/self-determination-without-termination#:~:text=This%20act%20rejuvenated%20tribal%20governments,many%20of%20Nixon's%20policy%20ideas.)--by Lina Mann Wikipedia Robert Stroud (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stroud) Photos Alcatraz Welcome Sign (c. 1970) (https://theautry.org/sites/default/files/styles/zoom/public/blog/alcatraz_0.jpg?itok=SUko5R5W)--from Golden Gate Park Archives via the Autry Museum Graffiti of Navajo Greeting "Yata Hey" (https://upload.