Biography
Jerry Gambill, identified as Rarihokwats, was the unpaid editor of Akwesasne Notes and an American-born Canadian citizen. The paper reports his arrest by United States immigration authorities and that he was free while awaiting a deportation hearing. It supplies no exact arrest or physical discharge dates. Liberated Guardian, vol.III no.8, February 1973 (masthead copyright 1972 does not match January 1973 events), original PDF page 12. Source: https://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC510_scans/Attica/510.liberated.guardian.February1973.pdf#page=12
A contemporary account identifies Akwesasne Notes editor Rarihokwats as Gerald T. Gambill, also called Jerry Gambill. It reports that Border Patrol officers picked him up for questioning in March 1972 and arrested him again after a September confrontation over Mohawk communal land. At his October 31 deportation hearing in Buffalo, Administrative Judge Aaron Maltin presided, Millard Ring represented Gambill, and Gordon Sachs appeared for the government. Gambill was the sole witness during four hours of testimony. The article reports that he received no pay for editing the paper and was awaiting a written decision; it does not establish a completed deportation or a precise physical discharge date. The Militant, November 24, 1972, pages 21–22.
