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1969 Occupation of Alcatraz: How Native Americans took over former prison and ignited a movement

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Friday, June 11, 2021
How Native Americans took over Alcatraz and ignited a movement
In 1969, a group of mostly Native Americans escaped to Alcatraz. The occupation's demands: that the island be turned over to Indigenous Americans.
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