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Remembering the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz

Remembering the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz

The Bay

November 15, 202117m 48s

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Show Notes

52 years ago this month, a group of Native Americans began to occupy Alcatraz to assert their right to self-determination. The 19-month occupation is still known as one of the most important actions in contemporary Native American history and in the fight for American Indian civil rights.

On Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2019, Native people from across the West Coast gathered in San Francisco for a ceremonial canoe journey to Alcatraz Island.

This episode originally aired on Oct. 16, 2019.

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