The occupation of Alcatraz Island
Subtitle: Indian self-determination and the rise of Indian activism
By: Troy R. Johnson ; foreword by Donald L. Fixico.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Government relations.; Indians of North America -- Politics and government.; Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History -- Indian occupation, 1969-1971.; Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-260) and index.
Table of contents: title: The relocation program, urban Indians, and Alcatraz; title: Urban Indian unrest and the 1964 occupation of Alcatraz; title: Social movements of the 1960s and Indian leadership; title: We hold the rock! : the Indian occupation; title: The occupation : logistics and support; title: Voices from Alcatraz; title: Trouble on Alcatraz; title: Government responses; title: Removal from Alcatraz; title: Alcatraz : catalyst for change.