American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 131-134
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Argues that the occupation of Alcatraz Island set the stage for Native American peoples spiritual rebirth and was the beginning of the reclaiming of pride and dignity for all Indian nations.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 59-74
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Gives different perspectives on the Alcatraz story, including insider-outsider and Native-Non-Native. The author comments how the occupation is still told like a legend or a folk tale would be.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 1, Winter, 2020, pp. [86]-114
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An examination of the author's writings about the loss of land and access to food due to the encroachments of cattle ranchers and the impact it had on the Paiute people.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 213-232
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Expresses hopes that the Alcatraz occupation created a consciousness that would reach into the lives of Native American youth and perhaps white Americans.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 135-149
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Describes how there is sunshine everywhere, pride, perseverance, and a reawakening of an ancient culture which, the author contends, all came about due to the occupation of Alcatraz Island.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 151-188
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Gives a history of the occupation of Alcatraz Island, with a vacant federal penitentiary, including how Native Americans claimed title to the island under the doctrine of “right of discovery”.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, 2000, pp. 127-165
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Discussion of the 1933 removal of the Timbisha Shoshone from Death Valley and then the 1994 legal requirement of the Department of Interior to study the ancestral lands within and outside of Death Valley National Park with the purpose of identifying lands suitable for a reservation.
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 174-198
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Three case studies of Indigenous opposition to state-sanctioned resource development projects: the Winnemem Wintu efforts to stop the proposed raise of Shasta Dam; the Maidu Summit’s work to regain ownership of former Pacific Gas & Electric company land; and the Pit River Tribe’s struggle to protect the sacred Medicine Lake Highlands.
Film about conditions on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, the history behind them and photographer Aaron Huey's efforts to bring to the attention of the American public.
Premiered at ShortsFest, Seattle International Film Festival 2012. Duration: 14 min.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 93-102
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Argues that there were eight themes in the story of Alcatraz which anthropologists ignored, and these are: self-determination, unity, equal educational opportunity, cultural revitalization, mutual assistance, changes to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, ecolog, and the land base for Aboriginal self-sufficiency.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 54-71
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Describes Miranda’s tribal memoir as an act of resistance which disrupts archival and mainstream narratives around Indigenous nations, dispossession, and human-land relationships. Focuses of female voices and perspectives, and on narrative sovereignty.
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 71-89
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A discussion about jurisdictional issues and some of the typical partnerships with Indigenous communities used to address the situation.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 71.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 409-420
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Using California land claims to argue that non-Indigenous witnesses and experts must state their personal assumptions, preconceptions, and definitions when presenting evidence for Indigenous land claim cases.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 123-130
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Explains the significance of Alcatraz; including the fact that it was temporarily beyond the jurisdiction of authorities, it liberated the psyche of Aboriginal peoples, and it was an experiment in self-determination.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 3, Native Narratives of Indigenous History and Culture, 2018, pp. 119-135
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Examines the content of studio publicity materials to discover traces of the labour and negotiation performed by Indigenous actors in the development and maintenance of their public personas while working in studio Hollywood. Author argues that actors were able to use their public personas to critique and influence onscreen representations of Indigenous people.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Autumn, 1994, pp. 63-79
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Asserts that one of the most overlooked and important acts of activism was the occupations of Alcatraz Island (1964, 1969-70), which was for the participants, an expression of patriotism and self-determination.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 9-23
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Story of the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island, why the occupation was stopped, and how the events fueled American ethnic pride, personal empowerment and community membership.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 111-122
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Description, by the author, on his experiences of attending university, being the first member in a family to attend college, and reflections regarding the three months he participated in the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 26, no. 3, May 1987, pp. [1-4]
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According to a survey by the Native American Career Education in Natural Resources (NACENR), there was a relationship between minority status and employment, unlike the earlier findings by the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989, pp. 29-68
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Article focuses on the meaning of the occupation rather than the function, as well as the language, imagery, ideology and ideals attached to the event.