Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
The island of Alcatraz in the San Francisco was a federal prison from 1934 to 1963. After it was decommissioned, the island was listed as surplus federal property. That designation drew the interest of Native Americans, because under the terms of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, any federal property designated as surplus was to be returned to the natives who originally occupied it.
In 1969, after the San Francisco American Indian Center was destroyed by fire, a group of Native American protesters went to Alcatraz and stayed…The post When Native Americans Took Back Alcatraz appeared first on FeedBox.