SAN FRANCISCO — About 5,500 people were ferried from Pier 33 to Alcatraz Island before dawn Thursday for the annual Indigenous Peoples Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering and commemorates the 1969–71 ...
GATHERING WAS HELD AT ALCATRAZ ISLAND THIS MORNING, AND ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT A FEDERAL HOLIDAY, IT IS RECOGNIZED IN MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES, INCLUDING HERE IN CALIFORNIA. DOZENS OF TRIBES MARKED THE ...
Dancers wearing traditional dress jumped in place to keep warm as the light gathered over Alcatraz Island Monday at the Indigenous Peoples Day Sunrise Gathering. The annual gathering of prayer, ...
SAN FRANCISCO — For Eloy Martinez, returning to Alcatraz Island meant a joyous reunion with people he hadn’t seen in decades. It also brought a renewed sense of pride and hope. Martinez was among ...
In late 1969, a handful of politically minded American Indians swam and boated ashore to Alcatraz Island. Eighteen months later, it was all over as U.S. marshals escorted the few remaining holdouts ...
American Indian activism and transformation: lessons from Alcatraz / Troy Johnson, Duane Champagne, and Joane Nagel -- Alcatraz, activism, and accommodation / Vine Deloria, Jr. -- Urban Indians and ...
LOS ANGELES — John Trudell, who was a spokesman for American Indian protesters during their 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island and later headed the American Indian Movement, died Tuesday. He was 69.
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