Richard Ray Whitman

Released
Date of birth:1949
Gender:Male
Race:Native American
Era:1970s
State:Oklahoma
Time Imprisoned:
0 months
Support
Indigenous Sovereignty American Indian Movement
Richard Ray Whitman

Biography

Richard Ray Whitman is a Yuchi/Muscogee (Creek) multidisciplinary artist, photographer, poet, and actor from Oklahoma, best known for his "Street Chiefs" photographic series. He joined the AIM-led 1973 Wounded Knee occupation as an artist documenting events on film. He was arrested at the occupation's end, briefly jailed in Rapid City, South Dakota, and bused out of state, and the FBI permanently confiscated his camera and nine rolls of film.

Case

Arrested: May 1973
Incarcerated: May 1973
Released: May 1973

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