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Friday, November 18, 2005

An Occupation Worth Applauding

Celebrate Un-Thanksgiving

Until the federal penitentiary was closed in 1963, Alcatraz Island was a place most folks tried to leave. On Nov. 20, 1969, the island’s image underwent a drastic makeover. That was the day thousands of American Indians began an occupation that would last until June 11, 1971.

The 1973 armed occupation of Wounded Knee along with the siege at the Pine Ridge Reservation one year later (which led directly to the incarceration of Leonard Peltier) are etched deeper in the public consciousness in terms of recent Indian history, but is was the Alcatraz Island occupation that ushered in a new era of Native American activism.

To read the complete article, please click here:
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The above article is excerpted from 50 American Revolutions You’re Not Supposed To Know...which can be found in bookstores, across the Web, or can be ordered here: http://tinyurl.com/dxk4y

Related interview:
http://tinyurl.com/dzknf

Reminder
I will be speaking at a free event tonight:

Friday, November 18
7:00 pm
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street
http://www.bluestockings.com