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4 days ago · As the first Native American to attend University of California Berkeley, War Jack was instrumental in organizing the student-led takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969 due to her role as the head of the Native American Student Organization at UCB.
4 days ago · John Trudell (1946-2015) was an outspoken advocate for Native American rights and the official spokesperson for the Occupation of Alcatraz and the United Indians of All Tribes as well as a professional author, poet, actor, and musician.
4 days ago · Fortunate Eagle, along with LaNada War Jack and Richard Oakes, began to play the occupation of Alcatraz and attempted to find as many supporters among the Native American community of San Francisco as well as among Oakes' and War Jack's student peers.
- Sara Marks
- 2019
3 days ago · Beginning with the occupation of Alcatraz in 1969, California became a beacon of creative freedom, individual expression, and social activism for Native peoples across the country.
6 days ago · Voices on the Wounded Knee Massacre and Occupation more... less... Includes: Chales Little Dog, a young 6 year old looking for his uncle the day after the massacre, and Pete Lemley, a white rancher who happened to be a witness to the massacre; 1.)
5 days ago · alcatraz occupation in 1969 and closing with an innovative reading of the national museum of the american indian rader initiates a conversation about how native americans have turned to artistic expression as a means of articulating cultural sovereignty autonomy and
5 days ago · That country’s continued flouting of the UN weapons ban and its repeated interference with the inspections frustrated the international community and led U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton in 1998 to order the bombing of several Iraqi military installations (code-named Operation Desert Fox).
