- Additional Authors
- Warrior, Robert Allen.
- Description
- 1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations, map.
- Summary
- Discusses how in 1969, a group of daring Native American activists launched a 19-month takeover of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, seeking to highlight the poor living conditions that persisted in Native American communities throughout the country.
- Series Statement
- Hidden heroes
- Uniform Title
- Occupying Alcatraz (Online)
- Hidden heroes.
- Alternative Title
- Occupying Alcatraz (Online)
- Native American activists demand change
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Audience (note)
- Contents
- An attempted invasion -- Native heritage -- Seeds of activism -- A student takeover -- The occupation begins -- A turn for the worse -- Leaving Alcatraz -- The occupation lives on.
- LCCN
- 2016945473
- OCLC
- ssj0001858866
- Author
Burling, Alexis.
- Title
Occupying Alcatraz [electronic resource] : Native American activists demand change / by Alexis Burling ; content consultant, Robert Warrior.
- Imprint
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017]
- Series
Hidden heroes
Hidden heroes.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Audience
Ages 12-17.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
1900-1999
- Added Author
Warrior, Robert Allen.