Webinar: Alcatraz Island’s Native American Lifeways

On March 9, 1964 five Lakota Sioux landed on Alcatraz Island, briefly claiming it as “Indian Land.” A more protracted occupation of the island by the “Indians of All Tribes” lasted nineteen months, from November 20, 1969, to June 11, 1971, and at its peak, involved more than 400 Native Americans. The protest was significant as it galvanized the Native American “Red Power” tribal and treaty rights movement, drawing national and international attention to Native American struggle for sovereignty and self-determination.

Discover how the watershed nineteen month occupation inspired a national movement and how the event is commemorated on site today.

This program is associated with TCLF’s report and digital exhibition Landslide: Demonstration Grounds about public protest sites that shaped American attitudes and ideals.