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The cultural center would establish a permanent cultural presence on Alcatraz Island as a space for learning and gathering and is consistent with the stated goal of the Park Service to recognize Indigenous culture as part of the national experience. Part of that fight includes the cultural center that would help educate non-Natives about the history of Indigenous people of the United States. “Our struggles for a better humanity, culture and life has never ended and we will continue to fight against racism and discrimination of all people,” War Jack said. LaNada War Jack, one of the original Alcatraz Island occupiers, told Native News Online that Indians of All Tribes has revived its “old” proposal from five decades ago. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and the National Park Service to establish a cultural center on the island. Now Indians of All Tribes and others are asking U.S. The group was called the Alcatraz Red Power Movement and was also known as the “Indians of All Tribes.”
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Called the “Rock,” the penitentiary’s most famous inmate was notorious gangster Al Capone.Īfter the prison closed in 1963, American Indians began to petition the federal government to put it into “Indian land.” Want more Native News? Get the free daily newsletter today.įrom November 1969 to July 1971, a group of American Indians took over and occupied Alcatraz Island led by Mohawk Richard Oakes, Tuscarora medicine man Mad Bear Anderson, and Grace Thorpe (Sac and Fox), the daughter of Olympic great Jim Thorpe. For years, the island was home to a federal penitentiary there. The affinity American Indians have with Alcatraz Island goes deep. It is a symbol of both struggle and hope.
SAN FRANCISCO - In modern times, Alcatraz Island has become a symbol to American Indians.
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