Alcatraz Island, home to the nation ... protesters on June 11, 1971. The Indian rights leader Russell Means, who briefly participated in the Alcatraz occupation, credited the action with launching ...

The 19-month occupation of Alcatraz Island, from 1969 to 1971, marked a turning point in American Indian activism. They embarked on a three-masted boat, intent on claiming what they saw as rightfully ...

Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner ...

In November 1969 a small group of Native American students and urban Indians began the occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco ... Americans they claimed Indian land for the first time ...