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The Occupation of Alcatraz that Sparked an American Revolution

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Many know Alcatraz as a notorious federal prison, but it is also the site of a 19-month occupation led by a group of Native Americans. In 1969, more than 80 Native Americans sailed to Alcatraz by boat. Their mission was to reclaim the island from the federal government. Alcatraz became a symbol of the centuries of injustice toward Native Americans by the U.S. government. Nearly five decades later, the fight to protect tribal land continues today at Standing Rock as the federal government yet again ignores the rights of Native people. Special thanks to: Unify - https://home.unify.org/ LaNada War Jack Empact Labs - http://empactlabs.co/ This film was support by: This project was supported by a Knight-Cronkite Innovation Grant, a collaboration of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.l …...more
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The Occupation of Alcatraz that Sparked an American Revolution
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Many know Alcatraz as a notorious federal prison, but it is also the site of a 19-month occupation led by a group of Native Americans. In 1969, more than 80 Native Americans sailed to Alcatraz by boat. Their mission was to reclaim the island from the federal government. Alcatraz became a symbol of the centuries of injustice toward Native Americans by the U.S. government. Nearly five decades later, the fight to protect tribal land continues today at Standing Rock as the federal government yet again ignores the rights of Native people. Special thanks to: Unify - https://home.unify.org/ LaNada War Jack Empact Labs - http://empactlabs.co/ This film was support by: This project was supported by a Knight-Cronkite Innovation Grant, a collaboration of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: The Standing Rock Sioux Claim ‘Victory and Vindication’ in Court https://www.theatlantic.com/science/a... “James Boasberg, who sits on D.C. district court, said that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to perform an adequate study of the pipeline’s environmental consequences when it first approved its construction. In a 91-page decision, the judge cited the Corps’ study of “the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights, or environmental justice” as particularly deficient, and he ordered it to prepare a new report on its risks.” The History of Alcatraz http://www.history.com/topics/alcatraz “In 1969, a group of Native Americans led by Mohawk activist Richard Oakes (1942-72) arrived on Alcatraz Island and claimed the land on behalf of ‘Indians of All Tribes.’ The activists hoped to establish a university and a museum on the island.” We Hold The Rock https://www.nps.gov/alca/learn/histor... “Prior to the coming of the Spanish and Portuguese explorers, over 10,000 indigenous people, later to be called the Ohlone (a Miwok Indian word meaning "western people"), lived in the coastal area between Point Sur and the San Francisco Bay.”

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