1969–1971
Resistance / redressBook sources
Alcatraz occupation and federal removal
San Francisco Bay; Indians of All Tribes
Activists occupied Alcatraz to demand land, cultural institutions, and self-determination. The occupation built intertribal solidarity before federal removal of the remaining occupants in June 1971.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
Resistance entry; its demands must not be mistaken for a racist event.
Sources
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 10
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 10