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Golden Gate National Recreational Area
Alcatraz Occupation
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![Photo of American Indian graffiti on Alcatraz Island. Photo of American Indian graffiti on Alcatraz Island.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090512072313im_/http://www.nps.gov/goga/historyculture/images/Alcasign1CMS.jpg) |
PARC, Golden Gate | This graffiti is from the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz, 1969-1971. |
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From November, 1969 to June, 1971, a group called Indians of All Tribes, Inc., occupied Alcatraz Island. This group, made up of American Indians relocated to the Bay Area, was protesting against the United States government’s policies that affected them. They were protesting federal laws that took aboriginal land away from American Indians and that aimed to destroy American Indian cultures. The Alcatraz occupation is recognized today as one of the most important events in contemporary Native American history. It was the first intertribal protest action to focus the nation’s attention on the situation of native peoples in the United States. The island occupation ignited a protest movement which culminated with the occupation of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation of the Oglala Sioux in South Dakota in 1973. Because of the attention brought to the plight of the American Indian communities, as a result of the occupation, federal laws were created which demonstrated new respect for aboriginal land rights and for the freedom of American Indians to maintain their traditional cultures.
To learn more about the Alcatraz Occupation, page.
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![Illustration of Native American gathering food. Illustration of Native American gathering food.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090512072313im_/http://www.nps.gov/pwr/customcf/apps/CMS_HandF/Pictures/GOGA_iz6mm7r9_highlight-ohlone.jpg) Ohlones and Coast Miwoks Learn about the Native Americans who lived in the San Francisco Bay region. more... | | ![photo of Alcatraz water tower photo of Alcatraz water tower](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090512072313im_/http://www.nps.gov/pwr/customcf/apps/CMS_HandF/Pictures/GOGA_highlight-alcatraz.jpg) Alcatraz Island Visit the island and learn about its history. more... | |
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Did You Know?
Golden Gate National Recreation Area has the largest Volunteers-In-Parks program in the National Park system. In 2005, 12,991 volunteers donated 372,932 hours to park projects.
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Last Updated: March 10, 2009 at 16:58 EST |