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This is an engaging account of the takeover of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes, a group of Native Americans from California's Bay Area. It is an important story because this was the first of a series of dramatic events calculated to catapult America's first peoples to national attention. Reclaiming "the Rock," a piece of land unsuitable even for prisoners--and holding it for 18 months, to the chagrin of federal officials--empowered young Indian leaders all over the country. Fortunate Eagle, then a successful Chippewa businessman in the San Francisco area, also gives readers some welcome insight into the lives and issues of urban Indians, who now outnumber those living on reservations. Recommended for public libraries.
-Mary B. Davis, Huntington Free Lib., Bronx, New York
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
-Mary B. Davis, Huntington Free Lib., Bronx, New York
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: Alcatraz! Alcatraz!: The Indian Occupation of 1969-1971 (California Indian Series) (Paperback)
Every time I read about the history of Native Americans I tend to get very angry. This was the case when I read this book. The author wrote an honest account of what happened before, during and after the occupation of Alcatraz and again it is a story of injustice. Well written.
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