1969-1971 Occupation of Alcatraz Island by Indians of All Tribes, Inc.
This week we are using Maps & Cityscapes to expand on a topic found in Tribal Perspectives.
Here you will find a small collection of unique photographs documenting the 1969-1971 occupation of Alcatraz Island by Indians of All Tribes, Inc. Following the photo essay, we supply you with resources for further research.
These images and captions from Professor Troy Johnson, California State University, Long Beach (unless otherwise noted).
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| Alcatraz Island! | Aerial photograph, 1971. National Archives |
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| 1971 aerial photo with view of Cell House from south, note the teepee to the right. National Archives | Leaders of the occupation met in this tipi to consider government offers and to plan responses. |
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| Indian people sit in the back of a boat leaving for Alcatraz Island. LaNada Boyer, left, talks with Joe Bill, center, and an unidentified man. NOTE: “Dr. LaNada Boyer (Bannock) is from the Fort Hall reservation in Idaho. As Chair of the Indian student group from UC Berkeley, she coordinated with Richard Oakes in the takeover of Alcatraz Island and maintained a strong leadership role throughout the 19 month occupation. Later she completed her Doctorate of Arts degree in political science as the first member of her tribe to attain a doctorate level education.” –PBS | Michael Leach (Colville/Sioux) stand in the boat on the way to Alcatraz Island. |
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| John Trudell speaks with news media representatives regarding negotiations with the federal government for title to Alcatraz Island. Trudell, known as "the voice of Alcatraz," conducted a regular radio program called "Radio Free Alcatraz." | Overcoming exhaustion and disillusionment, young Atha Rider Whitemankiller (Cherokee) stands tall before the press at the Senator Hotel. His eloquent words about the purpose of the occupation - to publicize his people's plight and establish a land base for the Indians of the Bay Area - were the most quoted of the day. |
Related Web Resources
Indians of All Tribes' 1969 proclamation
http://zephyr.unr.edu/outpost/community/com.banks.alcatrazproc.html
We Hold the Rock, NPS
http://www.nps.gov/alca/historyculture/we-hold-the-rock.htm
Aerial Photographs, 1971. National Archives
http://www.notfrisco2.com/alcatraz/pics/gsa/index.html
The American Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island, 1969 – 1971. Professor Troy Johnson, California State University, Long Beach
http://www.csulb.edu/~aisstudy/alcatraz/001_001_intro_text.html
Alcatraz is not an Island, Montana PBS
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/alcatrazisnotanisland/occupation.html
Contemporary news about Alcatraz:
Alcatraz occupation: 30 years later, Wishelle Banks, Outpost
http://zephyr.unr.edu/outpost/community/com.banks.alcatraz.html
Prop C: Buy Alcatraz, lose the prison, create good vibes with a peace center
Billings,Mt, Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/a-1195327~Prop_C__Buy_Alcatraz__lose_the_prison__create_good_vibes_with_a_peace_center.html
Ballot measure voted down February 8, 2008 – San Franciscans vote to keep the prison tourist attraction rather than build a global peace center with medicine wheel.
Native Headline news
http://nativenews.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/alcatraz-prison-wont-be-removed-for-peace-center-reuters/
Reuters News
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0628499720080206