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Pier 39, Space P214/B1. San Francisco, CA 94133. Mon - Sun: 10am - 8pm. Welcome to Alcatraz Gift Shop! We provide the widest selection of gifts and souvenirs dedicated to the lighthouse, fort, military prison, federal penitentiary and now National Park in San Francisco. Visit us and take a tour in San Francisco's Pier 39 and see what is in ...
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- HISTORY Vault: Native American History
In 1969, a group of rebel activists took over America’s most notorious prison for more than 19 months.
Since the mid-1960s, American Indians had been on a mission to break into Alcatraz. After the famed prison shuttered its doors in 1963, Bay Area Native Americans began lobbying to have the island redeveloped as an Indian cultural center and school. Five Sioux even landed on Alcatraz in March 1964 and tried to seize it under an 1868 treaty that allowed Indians to appropriate surplus federal land.
These early efforts all failed, but reclaiming “the Rock” became a rallying cry for Indians, many of whom viewed the island as a symbol of government indifference toward the Indigenous population.
More to History: Native American Solidarity at Alcatraz
When an October 1969 fire destroyed San Francisco’s American Indian Center, an activist group known as “Indians of All Tribes” set their sights on the unused land at Alcatraz. A handful of protestors first journeyed to the island on November 9, 1969, under the leadership of Mohawk college student Richard Oakes. They only stayed for a night before the authorities removed them, but Oakes stressed that the landing had been a symbolic act. “If a one-day occupation by white men on Indian land years ago established squatter’s rights,” he told The San Francisco Chronicle, “then the one-day occupation of Alcatraz should establish Indian rights to the island.”
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 through San Francisco Bay under cover of darkness, the Indians landed at Alcatraz and claimed the island for all the tribes of North America.
From Comanche warriors to Navajo code talkers, learn more about Indigenous history.
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Published Nov. 20, 2019 Updated Nov. 21, 2019. 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 ...
9:00 am-6:00 pm Open every day. No trip to Alcatraz is complete without a stop at the Cellhouse Store, featuring a wide selection of merchandise to help you understand the island’s fascinating history and commemorate your visit.
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