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...
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Alcatraz Island (/ˈælkəˌtræz/) is a small island 1.25 miles (2.01 km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. The island was developed...
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government termination policies of Native American peoples and culture. Oakes led a nineteen-month occupation of Alcatraz Island with LaNada Means, approximately...
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Red Power movement (redirect from Alcatraz-Red Power Movement)
included the Occupation of Alcatraz, the Trail of Broken Treaties, the Occupation of Wounded Knee, and numerous intermittent protests and occupations. The lasting...
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United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz (English: /ˈælkəˌtræz/, Spanish: [alkaˈtɾaθ] "the gannet") or The Rock, was...
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regarding their civil rights. Preceding the Wounded Knee Occupation was the Occupation of Alcatraz that started November 20, 1969, lasted for two years,...
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Ed Castillo (category Year of birth missing (living people))
D. Castillo, of the Luiseño-Cahuilla tribes, is a Native American activist who participated in the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz in 1969. Former...
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providing fine views of San Francisco Bay. Today the house is a ruin, burnt during the AIM (American Indian Movement) Occupation of Alcatraz on June 1, 1970...
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fictionalized inmate at Alcatraz. Occupation of Alcatraz 1969, a documentary about the protest occupation of (the then defunct) Alcatraz Point Blank (1967)...
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Adam Fortunate Eagle (category Red Lake Band of Chippewa people)
member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, is a Native American activist and was the principal organizer of the 1969–1971 Occupation of Alcatraz by...
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Robert Stroud (redirect from The Birdman of Alcatraz)
known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a convicted murderer, American federal prisoner and author who has been cited as one of the most notorious criminals...
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Grace Thorpe (category University of Tennessee alumni)
battle of New Guinea. In late 1969 and 1970, Grace Thorpe joined a group of Native activists in their occupation of Alcatraz Island off the coast of San...
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occurred under the Nixon Administration, including the Occupation of Alcatraz and the Occupation of Wounded Knee. Before the 1950s, Native American tribes...
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brought in the suit. Occupation of Alcatraz Patriot movement Posse Comitatus Sagebrush Rebellion Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act...
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LaNada War Jack (category University of California, Berkeley alumni)
became one of the organizers of the Occupation of Alcatraz in 1969. After the occupation, she completed her bachelor's degree at the University of California...
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escape attempt at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt, at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary Occupation of Alcatraz (November 20, 1969...
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Benjamin Bratt (category American people of Peruvian descent)
in the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz. Led by young people from San Francisco, it raised national awareness of issues facing Native Americans...
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Julian Brave NoiseCat (category Alumni of the University of Oxford)
NoiseCat". CBC. Retrieved 2023-04-27. "The Occupation of Alcatraz". Open Space. 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2023-04-28. "Alcatraz Is an Idea". Open Space. 2019-12-02...
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of the Occupation of Alcatraz and the Wounded Knee Occupation, and the formation of Native American studies as a distinct form of area studies which led...
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Indian Movement occupation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota (1973) The 1969 occupation of Alcatraz by American Indians. The 1969 occupation of City College...
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Anthony Quinn (category Members of the Foursquare Church)
signed by hundreds of Americans living abroad. Fimrite, Peter (November 19, 1999). "Occupation Of Alcatraz / 30-year anniversary of Indian coup". San Francisco...
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John Trudell (category Members of the American Indian Movement)
Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the...
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She planned the first Occupation of Alcatraz, and the suit to claim the property for the Sioux. Concerned for the health of urban Indians, she conducted...
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Escape from Alcatraz is a 1963 non-fiction book, written by San Francisco Chronicle reporter John Campbell Bruce, about the history of Alcatraz Penitentiary...
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hostages, and use them as shields to reach the dock. During the Occupation of Alcatraz in 1970, between 400 and 700 Native Indians assembled in the recreation...
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Wilma Mankiller (category American people of Dutch descent)
Inspired by the social and political movements of the 1960s, Mankiller became involved in the Occupation of Alcatraz and later participated in the land and compensation...
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(1996). The Occupation of Alcatraz Island: Indian Self-determination and the Rise of Indian Activism. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press...
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Building 64 (category Alcatraz Island)
of the other residential quarters have since been demolished, but Building 64 remains and has since been renovated. During the Occupation of Alcatraz...
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Rights Movement of the American Indian. One of the key events in the Red Power movement was the Occupation of Alcatraz. The occupation started on 20 November...
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Native Americans in the United States (redirect from Indigenous Peoples of America)
residency contributed to the rise of American Indian activism, particularly after the 1960s and the occupation of Alcatraz Island (1969–1971) by a student...
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