Indigenous activists landed on Alcatraz and began an occupation that continued into 1971. They demanded land and a centre for Indigenous education and culture. By occupying a former federal prison, they challenged dispossession, assimilation and federal control. The action brought tribal sovereignty and the right to maintain distinct cultures before an international audience.
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What did the Alcatraz occupiers seek to establish on the island?
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Indians of All Tribes linked the land claim with Indigenous cultural survival and self-determination.
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