The occupation of Alcatraz Island : Indian self-determination and the rise of Indian activism / Troy R. Johnson ; foreword by Donald L. Fixico.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Troy R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcatraz Island (Calif.)--History--Indian occupation, 1969-1971.

Alcatraz Island (Calif.).

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Politics and government.

Alcatraz Island (Calif.)--History.

Physical Description:

xii, 273 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1996]

Summary:

"The occupation of Alcatraz Island by American Indians from November 20, 1969, through June 11, 1971, focused the attention of the world on Native Americans and helped develop pan-Indian activism." "In this first detailed examination of the takeover, Troy Johnson tells the story of those who organized the occupation and those who participated, some by living on the island and others by soliciting donations of money, food, water, clothing, and other necessities." "Johnson documents the unrest in the Bay Area urban Indian population that helped spur the takeover and draws on interviews with those involved to describe everyday life on Alcatraz during the nineteen-month occupation. To describe the federal government's reactions as Americans rallied in support of the Indians, he turns to federal government archives and Nixon administration files. The book is a must read for historians and others interested in the civil rights era, Native American history, and contemporary American Indian issues."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Contents:

The relocation program, urban Indians, and Alcatraz

Urban Indian unrest and the 1964 occupation of Alcatraz

Social movements of the 1960s and Indian leadership

We hold the rock! : the Indian occupation

The occupation : logistics and support

Voices from Alcatraz

Trouble on Alcatraz

Government responses

Removal from Alcatraz

Alcatraz : catalyst for change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-260) and index.

ISBN:

0252022548

0252065859

OCLC:

34077016