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2 days ago · According to the FBI, during its 29 years of operation from 1934-1963, no inmate ever successfully fled the island and survived. [^1] And yet, nearly 60 years ago in June 1962, three hardened criminals vanished from their cells, never to be seen again. Their ingenious escape plot and unknown fates have become one of the most enduring mysteries ...
5 days ago · Leonard Peltier Remembers an Indian Boarding School (2022) Zitkála-Šá Remembers Her Mother's Curse (1921) An Indigenous Student Argues for Assimilation (1902) Indigenous Activists Claim Alcatraz Island (1969) The American Indian Movement Organizes the Trail of Broken Treaties (1972) The FBI Targets the American Indian Movement (1972)
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5 days ago · Native American activists occupied the island in 1969. Following the prison's closure, a group of Native American activists occupied Alcatraz for over 19 months, seeking to reclaim the land for indigenous peoples. Alcatraz has been featured in numerous films and TV shows.
4 days ago · The battle, which resulted in the defeat of U.S. forces, was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876. It took place on June 25–26, 1876, along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory.
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5 days ago · The Battle for Alcatraz. A desperate convict escape attempt, brutal murders and Officer Harold Stites. Chris Sams. May 23, 2024. Alcatraz is one of the most famous prisons in the world and its history is understandably dark with harsh conditions, escape attempts and murders. The 2nd May 1946 was the beginning of a dark and bloody episode in the ...
