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Number. 89 (November 20, 1969) Hundreds (at peak) 15 (June 11, 1971) Casualties. Death (s) One (accidental) Graffiti on the water tower. The Occupation of Alcatraz (November 20, 1969 – June 11, 1971) was a 19-month long protest when 89 Native Americans and their supporters occupied Alcatraz Island.
Nov 20, 2014 · Indians of All Tribes made a final attempt to seize Alcatraz in the early morning hours of November 20, 1969—this time with an occupation force of 89 men, women and children. After sailing...
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On Nov. 20, 1969, more than 70 Native Americans gathered before dawn on a dock in San Francisco Bay. They boarded three boats and sailed from the small, foggy harbor in Sausalito, Calif., to...
Nov 20, 2019 · The week of Nov. 18, 2019, marks 50 years since the beginning of a months-long Native American occupation at Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay.
Nov 20, 2019 · At 2 a.m. on Nov. 20, 1969, 78 American Indians representing 20 tribal groups gathered on the Sausalito waterfront. They loaded two pleasure boats with food and sleeping bags. Then they...
American Indians Occupy Alcatraz. Alcatraz is a desolate, wind-blown island in San Francisco Bay with no source of fresh water, poor soil, and few sources of food. It is best known as the site of a federal prison housing incarcerated gangsters and high-risk criminals. But in the tumultuous late 1960s, Alcatraz played a pivotal role in the ...
On 8 March 1964, five Souix Indians landed on Alcatraz with twenty-some supporters and media personnel and claimed the island under the Souix Treaty of 1868, which gave them the ability to seize federal surplus land.
