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Young
L ords
In
Lincoln
Park
Interviewee:
Lenny
Foster
Interviewers:
Jose
Jimenez
Location:
Grand
Valley
State
University
Special
Collections
Date:
10/4/2016
Runtime:
01:13:41
Biography
and
Description
Oral
history
of
Lenny
Foster,
interviewed
by
Jose
“Cha-‐Cha”
Jimenez
on
October
04,
2016
about
the
Young
Lords
in
Lincoln
Park.
Lenny
Foster
grew
up
speaking
his
native
Navajo
language
with
his
parents
as
a
sheep
herder
on
a
farm
in
the
reservation.
During
World
War
II,
Navajo
US
veterans
were
called
code
talkers
because
they
could
infiltrate
the
Japanese
and
speak
in
their
native
tongue
without
being
detected.
His
dad
was
also
a
U.S.
Marine
radio
operator.
When
Lenny
attended
Arizona
Western
College
he
joined
their
baseball
team
and
played
well.
He
said
then
is
when,
“he
realized
he
did
not
have
any
money.”
In
1981,
he
attended
graduate
school
at
Arizona
State
University.
He
was
asked
to
meet
with
Native
Americans
at
a
prison
because
he
is
a
Sun
Dancer
or
spiritual
leader.
“Preach
and
Teach”
he
figured
out
is
what
he
should
do.
For
over
30
years
he
has
traveled
inside
the
prisons
to
teach
traditional
�practices
such
as
the
passing
of
the
eagle
feather
in
the
Talking
Circle,”
smoking
of
the
sacred
Tobacco
Pipe
and
the
Sweat
Lodge
Ceremony.
For
ten
years
he
was
director
of
a
community
center
and
has
lobbied
senators
and
representatives
creating
legislation
and
implementing
policies.
He
saw
his
job
as
“creating
awareness”
among
prison
officials
and
inmates
and
states
that
99
%
of
Native
American
prisoners
suffer
from
alcoholism
or
substance
abuse.
Therefore
traditional
healing
is
not
only
their
culture
but
also
has
healing
powers.
It
is
the
same
as
any
other
religion
form
other
countries.
Personally,
he
feels
that
Native
Americans
in
prison
are
starving
to
learn
their
true
history
and
traditions
that
have
been
denied
them
in
the
public
schools
of
the
reservations.
There
he
said,
“they
teach
only
about
Dick
and
Jane
and
Christopher
Columbus
discovering
our
land.”
He
has
worked
on
law
suits
to
protect
Native
American
First
Amendment
rights.
On
a
trip
to
Denver,
Colorado
he
met
the
leaders
of
the
American
Indian
Movement
(A.I.M.),
which
were
part
of
the
Rainbow
Coalition
of
the
Black
Panthers,
Young
Patriots
and
Young
Lords.
In
1973,
he
and
others
endured
71
days
of
daily
heavy
gunfire
from
both
sides
with
federal
officers
at
Wounded
Knee.
For
over
40
years,
he
has
been
Leonard
Peltier’s
spiritual
leader
and
has
traveled
to
France
to
receive
a
human
rights
award
from
Frantz
Fanon’s
daughter’s
foundation,
on
behalf
of
Leonard
Peltier.
Today
his
daughter
and
grandson
are
at
Standing
Rock
supporting
that
occupation.
He
was
also
a
good
friend
of
Richard
Oakes
who
he
said
was
a
Mohawk
from
the
east
coast,
attending
school
at
San
Francisco
State.
Richard
organized
students
and
members
of
various
tribes
to
take
over
an
abandoned
Alcatraz
Island
on
November
20,
1969.
According
to
treaties
any
abandoned
federal
land
was
to
revert
back
to
Native
Americans.
He
said
that
Richard
Oake’s
daughter
had
been
killed
during
the
occupation.
Cha-‐Cha
Jimenez
explained
that
it
occurred
on
the
transport
barge
on
Thanksgiving
Day
when
someone
bumped
the
mother
and
the
baby
fell
into
the
ocean.
He
and
another
Young
Lord,
Cano
Miller
and
others
were
special
guests
during
a
large
Thanksgiving
event
on
the
recently
Alcatraz
Take-‐over.
The
Young
Lords
and
Cha
–
Cha
were
on
a
speaking
tour
in
California
to
raise
funds
for
the
organization.
Several
witnessed
the
drowning
and
several
dived
into
the
ocean
but
could
not
recover
the
body.
Lenny
said
that
Richard
Oakes
left
the
occupation
feeling
this
as
a
bad
omen,
only
to
be
killed
later
by
“a
forest
ranger.”
�
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
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Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Description
An account of the resource
Collection of oral history interviews and digitized materials documenting the history of the Young Lords Organization in Lincoln Park, Chicago. Interviews were conducted by Young Lords' founder, José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez, and documents were digitized from Mr. Jiménez' archives.
The Young Lords in Lincoln Park collection grows out of the ongoing struggle for fair housing, self-determination, and human rights that was launched by Mr. José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez, founder of the Young Lords Movement. This project is dedicated to documenting the history of the displacement of Puerto Ricans, Mejicanos, other Latinos, and the poor from Lincoln Park, as well as the history of the Young Lords nationwide.
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/491">Young Lords in Lincoln Park collection (RHC-65)</a>
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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Título
Spanish language Title entry
Lenny Foster vídeo entrevista y biografía
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
Historia oral de Lenny Foster, entrevistado por José 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez el 23/10/2016 acerca de los Young Lords en Lincoln Park.
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Narrativas personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Source
<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/491">Young Lords in Lincoln Park (RHC-65)</a>
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Lenny Foster video interview and biography
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Foster, Lenny
Description
An account of the resource
Oral history of Lenny Foster, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez on 10/23/2016 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
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Jiménez, José, 1948-
Publisher
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
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PDF Text
Text
Young
L ords
In
Lincoln
Park
Interviewee:
Lenny
Foster
Interviewers:
Jose
Jimenez
Location:
Grand
Valley
State
University
Special
Collections
Date:
10/4/2016
Runtime:
01:13:41
Biography
and
Description
Oral
history
of
Lenny
Foster,
interviewed
by
Jose
“Cha-‐Cha”
Jimenez
on
October
04,
2016
about
the
Young
Lords
in
Lincoln
Park.
Lenny
Foster
grew
up
speaking
his
native
Navajo
language
with
his
parents
as
a
sheep
herder
on
a
farm
in
the
reservation.
During
World
War
II,
Navajo
US
veterans
were
called
code
talkers
because
they
could
infiltrate
the
Japanese
and
speak
in
their
native
tongue
without
being
detected.
His
dad
was
also
a
U.S.
Marine
radio
operator.
When
Lenny
attended
Arizona
Western
College
he
joined
their
baseball
team
and
played
well.
He
said
then
is
when,
“he
realized
he
did
not
have
any
money.”
In
1981,
he
attended
graduate
school
at
Arizona
State
University.
He
was
asked
to
meet
with
Native
Americans
at
a
prison
because
he
is
a
Sun
Dancer
or
spiritual
leader.
“Preach
and
Teach”
he
figured
out
is
what
he
should
do.
For
over
30
years
he
has
traveled
inside
the
prisons
to
teach
traditional
�practices
such
as
the
passing
of
the
eagle
feather
in
the
Talking
Circle,”
smoking
of
the
sacred
Tobacco
Pipe
and
the
Sweat
Lodge
Ceremony.
For
ten
years
he
was
director
of
a
community
center
and
has
lobbied
senators
and
representatives
creating
legislation
and
implementing
policies.
He
saw
his
job
as
“creating
awareness”
among
prison
officials
and
inmates
and
states
that
99
%
of
Native
American
prisoners
suffer
from
alcoholism
or
substance
abuse.
Therefore
traditional
healing
is
not
only
their
culture
but
also
has
healing
powers.
It
is
the
same
as
any
other
religion
form
other
countries.
Personally,
he
feels
that
Native
Americans
in
prison
are
starving
to
learn
their
true
history
and
traditions
that
have
been
denied
them
in
the
public
schools
of
the
reservations.
There
he
said,
“they
teach
only
about
Dick
and
Jane
and
Christopher
Columbus
discovering
our
land.”
He
has
worked
on
law
suits
to
protect
Native
American
First
Amendment
rights.
On
a
trip
to
Denver,
Colorado
he
met
the
leaders
of
the
American
Indian
Movement
(A.I.M.),
which
were
part
of
the
Rainbow
Coalition
of
the
Black
Panthers,
Young
Patriots
and
Young
Lords.
In
1973,
he
and
others
endured
71
days
of
daily
heavy
gunfire
from
both
sides
with
federal
officers
at
Wounded
Knee.
For
over
40
years,
he
has
been
Leonard
Peltier’s
spiritual
leader
and
has
traveled
to
France
to
receive
a
human
rights
award
from
Frantz
Fanon’s
daughter’s
foundation,
on
behalf
of
Leonard
Peltier.
Today
his
daughter
and
grandson
are
at
Standing
Rock
supporting
that
occupation.
He
was
also
a
good
friend
of
Richard
Oakes
who
he
said
was
a
Mohawk
from
the
east
coast,
attending
school
at
San
Francisco
State.
Richard
organized
students
and
members
of
various
tribes
to
take
over
an
abandoned
Alcatraz
Island
on
November
20,
1969.
According
to
treaties
any
abandoned
federal
land
was
to
revert
back
to
Native
Americans.
He
said
that
Richard
Oake’s
daughter
had
been
killed
during
the
occupation.
Cha-‐Cha
Jimenez
explained
that
it
occurred
on
the
transport
barge
on
Thanksgiving
Day
when
someone
bumped
the
mother
and
the
baby
fell
into
the
ocean.
He
and
another
Young
Lord,
Cano
Miller
and
others
were
special
guests
during
a
large
Thanksgiving
event
on
the
recently
Alcatraz
Take-‐over.
The
Young
Lords
and
Cha
–
Cha
were
on
a
speaking
tour
in
California
to
raise
funds
for
the
organization.
Several
witnessed
the
drowning
and
several
dived
into
the
ocean
but
could
not
recover
the
body.
Lenny
said
that
Richard
Oakes
left
the
occupation
feeling
this
as
a
bad
omen,
only
to
be
killed
later
by
“a
forest
ranger.”
�
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/82758dee0736ea706c7fe4483db6d3f6.mp4
934ac87fd0e52c88c4c04bc990920e33
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Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Description
An account of the resource
Collection of oral history interviews and digitized materials documenting the history of the Young Lords Organization in Lincoln Park, Chicago. Interviews were conducted by Young Lords' founder, José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez, and documents were digitized from Mr. Jiménez' archives.
The Young Lords in Lincoln Park collection grows out of the ongoing struggle for fair housing, self-determination, and human rights that was launched by Mr. José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez, founder of the Young Lords Movement. This project is dedicated to documenting the history of the displacement of Puerto Ricans, Mejicanos, other Latinos, and the poor from Lincoln Park, as well as the history of the Young Lords nationwide.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Jiménez, José, 1948-
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/491">Young Lords in Lincoln Park collection (RHC-65)</a>
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2017-04-25
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>
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video/mp4
application/pdf
Language
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eng
spa
Type
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Moving Image
Text
Identifier
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RHC-65
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
2012-2017
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Título
Spanish language Title entry
Lenny Foster vídeo entrevista y biografía
Descripción
Spanish language Description entry
Historia oral de Lenny Foster, entrevistado por José 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez el 23/10/2016 acerca de los Young Lords en Lincoln Park.
Sujetos
Spanish language Subject terms
Young Lords (Organización)
Puertorriqueños--Estados Unidos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos--Historia
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Narrativas personales
Justicia social
Activistas comunitarios--Illinois--Chicago
Source
<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/491">Young Lords in Lincoln Park (RHC-65)</a>
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RHC-65_Foster_Lenny
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Lenny Foster video interview and biography
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Foster, Lenny
Description
An account of the resource
Oral history of Lenny Foster, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez on 10/23/2016 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Jiménez, José, 1948-
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Subject
The topic of the resource
Young Lords (Organization)
Puerto Ricans--United States
Civil Rights--United States--History
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Personal narratives
Social justice
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago
Language
A language of the resource
eng
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>
Type
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Moving Image
Text
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video/mp4
application/pdf
Date
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2016-10-23