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Dec 6, 2023 · Alcatraz Occupation: Power in Community uses the Understanding by Design framework, incorporates Common Core Standards and Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies. The program is framed by the essential question - What motivates a community to take civic action?
Introduce students to Alcatraz Island - a site that has witnessed the ongoing struggles to define justice and freedom - its limits and applications - for individuals, cultures, and society.
Jan 31, 2024 · In 1969, a group of young American Indians who wanted the world to know about the long history of discrimination, mistreatment and treaty violations against Native people took over Alcatraz Island in California, the site of an abandoned federal penitentiary.
Jun 29, 2021 · On Nov. 20, 1969, about 80 young Native American activists, including some children, sailed to Alcatraz. Members of the group occupied the island for 19 months. At the height of the occupation, 400 people lived on Alcatraz.
- Mel Baker
Edward D. Castillo, professed Luiseño-Cahuilla descendant, is an American Indian activist who participated in the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz in 1969. Currently he is a retired professor/director of Native American Studies at the Sonoma State University in California.
Jul 31, 2023 · By: Oregon Education Association. Published: July 31, 2023. An unprecedented Native activist event known as the Alcatraz Occupation took place in California on this day in 1969. Before dawn, 78 Indians landed on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay and occupied the island.
Feb 6, 2024 · Educators will soon have a new tool to teach a pivotal moment in Native American history. Choctaw filmmaker Colleen Thurston produced a 13-minute documentary short for Retro Report on the occupation of Alcatraz Island in California.
