Ya Ta Hey! Alcatraz
- 2013
- 27m
On November 20th, 1969, seventy-nine American Indians, lead by activist Richard Oakes, sailed to Alcatraz Island and occupied the dilapidated former federal prison complex. Sighting the 1868... Read allOn November 20th, 1969, seventy-nine American Indians, lead by activist Richard Oakes, sailed to Alcatraz Island and occupied the dilapidated former federal prison complex. Sighting the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, which stipulated that any dis-used Federal lands should revert ba... Read allOn November 20th, 1969, seventy-nine American Indians, lead by activist Richard Oakes, sailed to Alcatraz Island and occupied the dilapidated former federal prison complex. Sighting the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, which stipulated that any dis-used Federal lands should revert back to Native American control, occupiers claimed the island for the "Indians Of All Tribes... Read all