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Cleaning up the sign from the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz. The occupation by 89 American Indians and supporters lasted 19 months until forcibly terminated by government officers.
#TheOccupation of #Alcatraz (November 20, 1969, to June 11, 1971) was a nineteen month long #protest, when 89 #AmericanIndians and their supporters occupied #AlcatrazIsland.
The protest was led by #RichardOakes, LaNada Means,and others.
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The #OccupationofAlcatraz was an occupation of Alcatraz Island by 89 American Indians and supporters, led by #RichardOakes, #LaNadaMeans, and others.
They chose the name Indians of All Tribes (IOAT) and John Trudell was the spokesperson. According to the IOAT, under the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) between the U.S. and the Lakota, all retired, abandoned or out-of-use federal land was returned to the Native people who once occupied it.
Since Alcatraz penitentiary had been closed on March 21, 1963, and the island had been declared surplus federal property in 1964, a number of Red Power activists felt the island qualified for a reclamation.
The #AlcatrazOccupation lasted for nineteen months, from November 20, 1969, to June 11, 1971, and was forcibly ended by the U.S. government.
The Occupation of Alcatraz had a brief but somewhat direct effect on federal Indian Termination policies, and established a precedent for Indian activism.
Oakes was shot to death in 1972, and the American Indian Movement was later targeted by the federal government and the FBI in COINTELPRO operations.
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The graffiti on the resorvoir says: "Peace and Freedom. Welcome. Home of the Free Indian Land", hand painted during the American Indians occupation of Alcatraz (from November 20, 1969, to June 11, 1971)
Alcatraz during the American Indian Occupation from 1969 to 1971. Note some structures painted red by the occupiers. Photo taken from Sausalito Ferry, January 1971. Scanned from an Ektachrome slide.
Images of the Alcatraz Indian Occupation from 1964 to 1969.
Images of the Alcatraz Indian Occupation from 1964 to 1969.
Images of the Alcatraz Indian Occupation from 1964 to 1969.
Images of the Alcatraz Indian Occupation from 1964 to 1969.
