Loose barbed wire hung free all over the island. The wind played with it,and the singing sound of the wire could be heard everywhere. Occupiers on the dock. Cottier assisted in the planning of the 1964 and 1969 occupations of Alcatraz Island. Indian people and their supporters wait for the ferry.
Indian boys stand amidst the empty prison cells in the main cellblock.
This young Navajo man came from Arizona to join the occupation. It was his first time away from the reservation. Norren and Meade Chibathi, Comanche Indians from Oklahoma, spent time on Alcatraz in 1970, teaching Indian music and dance. With him is Gail Treppa, a Pomo Indian woman. In the middle are Sue Tiger and her sister.