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1969-1971 Occupation of Alcatraz: Kids on bikes with lighthouse in background
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-21 at 4.48.59 PM_thumb.png2022-10-21T23:51:12+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911This is a photograph of Native American children playing on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. On November 20, 1969, 79 Native Americans, including six children, set out to occupy Alcatraz Island. The intention of the occupation was to gain Indian control over the island for the purpose of building a center for Native American Studies, an American Indian spiritual center, an ecology center, and an American Indian Museum.plain2022-10-21T23:51:12+00:001969-1971Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49