Alcatraz opened as a national park in 1973, where graffiti by its Native Americans occupiers can still be seen on several of the complex’s buildings. The National Park Service even had some of the slogans preserved or repainted when they restored the island’s water tower in 2012. The Rock...
In the 1960s, Native Americans joined the larger civil rights movement in demanding their right to self-determination through protests and even occupations, such as when activists took over Alcatraz Island (1969–1971). While that standoff ended peacefully, others, such as the Wounded Knee inciden...
More to History: Native American Solidarity at Alcatraz Videos See All 3:57 minTV-PG Play Featured Battle of the Little Bighorn In 1876, General Custer and members of several Plains Indian tribes, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, battled in eastern Montana in what would become known as...
The American Indian Movement and the activist actions of Native Americans in the 1960s and 1970s; Social factors contributing to occupation of Alcatraz; Confrontations and Indian activist actions which occurred after the Alcatraz incident, including the events in 1973 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota....
This paper compares recent resurgences of racial/ethnic identity among Lithuanian Americans and Native Americans in the United States, and examines the phenomenon of 'ethnic re-identification', defined as the adoption of an ethnic identity after a period of non-identification. This comparison of two...
In 1967, a group of “Red Power” activists occupied the island of Alcatraz in California. During World War II, the Japanese Army could not break the secret code of the U.S. Military. The code was simply a group of Navajo volunteers speaking their Native American language on their field ...
The event that really kicked things off for the Red Power Movement, the occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. The occupation was largely in response to the U.S. Federal Government’s policy of Termination, which eliminated tribal status. The two guinea pigs for the policy, the...
All but the hardiest of thru-hikers would probably cap their desire to hike uninterrupted at a couple hundred miles or so. But marching for a cause can put fire into the feet of almost anyone. That’s what happened when Native American activists and supporters left Alcatraz Island, Calif. ...
Alcatraz Island, also known as ‘The Rock,’ a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, off the coast of California, in the United States. From 1934 to 1963, a facility on the island served as a federal prison for some of the most dangerous civilian prisoners.
Alcatraz Island: Native American occupationNative American activists occupying Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California, November 1969. AIM was involved in many highly publicized protests, including the occupation ofAlcatraz Islandin 1969–71; the Trail of Broken Treaties demonstration in 1972, duri...