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- Apaches from New Mexico, Navajos from Arizona, Utes from Colorado, Kiowas from Oklahoma, Chippewas from Minnesota and Sioux Indians from San Jose all came together and entered their names, their hometowns and their tribal affiliations into this old accounting ledger as they landed on Alcatraz.
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Nov 20, 2014 · Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. 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...
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2 days ago · In March 1964 a group of Native Americans claimed the island, citing an 1868 treaty with the Sioux allowing Indians from the reservation to claim any “unoccupied government land”; however, they occupied Alcatraz for only several hours.
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In 1969, the Indians of All Tribes group laid claim to the surplus federal land that was once a federal penitentiary. A group of Native Americans including Timm Williams (in headdress) of the...
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. The protest was led by Richard Oakes , LaNada Means , and others, while John Trudell served as spokesman.
- November 20, 1969 – June 11, 1971 (1 year, 6 months and 22 days)
- Awareness of American Indian oppression
- One (accidental)
- Violations of the Treaty of Fort Laramie
In 1969 a Native American Activist group called The Indians of All Tribes took Alcatraz and held the Rock in the pursuit of political justice for 19 months. Though we tell stories of what we know and understand from this time.
Dec 13, 2019 · Park Stories. In their own words: History comes alive at Alcatraz Occupation Anniversary. Participant of 50th anniversary of the occupation of Alcatraz in the New Industries Building looking westward. Ryan Curran White/Parks Conservancy.
Nov 19, 2020 · Column: Indigenous tribes took over Alcatraz 51 years ago. Read the ‘holy grail’ of the occupation. An image from Nov. 25, 1969 captures a moment in the 19-month Indigenous occupation of...
