A Look Back at the Occupation of Alcatraz, 50 Years Later

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The Occupation of Alcatraz began on Nov. 20, 1969, when a group of Native American students, calling themselves the Indians of All Tribes, landed on Alcatraz Island. They wanted to return the land to native ownership, and felt they had a right to the land because of the Treaty of Fort Laramie, which said that land deserted by the federal government should be returned to the natives who once occupied it. Additional Reading: WATCH: The Occupation of Alcatraz Turns 50, But the Impact of the Movement Lives On A Look Back at the Occupation of Alcatraz, 50 Years Later Reported by Alice Woelfle. Produced by Ericka Cruz-Guevarra, Devin Katayama, Kyana Moghadam and Jessica Placzek. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Katie McMurran and Rob Speight. Additional support from Julie Caine, Paul Lancour, Kyana Moghadam, Suzie Racho, Ethan Lindsey and Patricia Yollin.

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0:00.0	From K-QED. The Bay Area has a long history of being home to the kind of activism that can change the world.
0:09.0	The Black Panthers, the Free Speech Movement, Environmentalism. Today we are going to focus on a historic event in a Native American civil rights movement.
0:22.0	Power to the Indian people,
0:24.0	which kicked off 50 years ago around Thanksgiving.
0:27.0	In 1969, Native Americans took over Alcatraz Island.
0:31.0	That's Erica Cruz Gavara. She's a producer with the bay, another
0:34.7	podcast from Kiki. They were protesting against broken treaties and demanded
0:39.1	their rights to self-determination. It was a protest that would span 19 months and galvanize the movement.
0:45.6	Every year people still gather to remember the resistance that Native people took part in.
0:51.0	It's honoring the Native people. They took care of the Earth and
0:55.7	we're still here though. We haven't gone anywhere. Today on Bay Curious we bring you a
1:01.6	story from the Bay Podcast about the occupation of Alcatraz
1:06.2	and how Native people carry on their activist legacy today.
1:10.1	I'm Olivia Allen Price.
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1:32.3	today.
1:33.0	The bays Erica Cruz Gavara teams up with reporter Alice Wolfley to tell the story.
1:39.0	A series of celebrations and commemorations began in October on Indigenous People's Day, when
1:44.8	Native folks from up and down the West Coast and as far away as Hawaii in Canada gathered
1:50.4	for a ceremonial canoe journey around Alcatraz Island.
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