The American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island : red power and self-determination / Troy R. Johnson ; foreword by Donald L. Fixico ; with a new afterword by the author.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Troy R.
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2008], ©2008.
Subjects:
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) > History > Indian occupation, 1969-1971.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Government relations.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Politics and government.
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) > History.
Physical Description:xii, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The relocation program, urban Indians, and Alcatraz
  • Urban Indian unrest and the 1964 occupation of Alcatraz
  • Social movements of the 1960s and Indian leadership
  • "We hold the rock!": the Indian occupation
  • The occupation : logistics and support
  • Voices from Alcatraz
  • Trouble on Alcatraz
  • Government responses
  • Removal from Alcatraz.