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1969-1971 Occupation of Alcatraz: Occupiers standing on the dock at Alcatraz
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-26 at 3.44.07 PM_thumb.png2022-10-26T22:51:37+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911On November 20, 1969, a group of Native students landed on an uninhabited Alcatraz and reclaimed it as Indian Land, beginning nineteen months of occupation. Leaders included Richard Oakes, an Akwesasne Mohawk and Chair of the Native American student group from San Francisco State College and LaNada War Jack, a member of the Shoshone Bannock Tribes and Chair of the Native American students from UC Berkeley. Thousands of Native people from across the country joined the original group of 80 occupiers. The Indians of All Tribes demanded that the federal government recognize treaties with Indian tribes, they demanded a Native American cultural center, and they demanded that land be returned. As the Occupiers discussed their plans, they wrote messages of peace and freedom around the island as well as submitting formal proposals and architectural plans. You can see several of their messages and symbols recently restored here at the dock.plain2022-10-26T22:51:37+00:001969Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49