Alcatraz Island’s Native American Lifeways
On March 9, 1964 five Lakota Sioux landed on Alcatraz Island, briefly claiming it as “Indian Land.” A more protracted occupation of the island by the “Indians of All Tribes” lasted nineteen months, from November 20, 1969, to June 11, 1971, and at its peak, involved more than 400 Native Americans. The protest was significant as it galvanized the Native American “Red Power” tribal and treaty rights movement, drawing national and international attention to Native American struggle for sovereignty and self-determination.
Discover how the watershed nineteen month occupation inspired a national movement and how the event is commemorated on site today.
This program is associated with TCLF's report and digital exhibition Landslide: Demonstration Grounds about public protest sites that shaped American attitudes and ideals.
Participants will include:
Tina Bishop, RLA, ASLA - Founding partner of Mundus Bishop, an award-winning Denver landscape architecture firm established in 1999.
Matthew Connelly - Lead Park Ranger with the National Park Service on Alcatraz Island.
Jonathan Jarvis - Executive Director of UC Berkeley’s Institute for Parks, People, and Diversity. He served as the eighteenth Director of the United States National Park Service from 2009 until 2017.
Kris "Urbanrezlife" Longoria - Enrolled citizen of the Caddo Nation. She lived on Alcatraz during the occupation as a child and has worked closely with other Veterans to keep the history of the Occupation of Alcatraz alive on the island for the last twenty plus years.
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1.25 LA CES™ professional development hours will be available to attendees.
