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Occupying Alcatraz Native American activists demand change

Title
Occupying Alcatraz [electronic resource] : Native American activists demand change / by Alexis Burling ; content consultant, Robert Warrior.
Author
Burling, Alexis.
Publication
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017]

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Details

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
  • United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California > Juvenile literature
  • United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California
  • Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island (California : 1969-1971)
  • 1900-1999
  • Indians of North America > Government relations > Juvenile literature
  • Indians of North America > Politics and government > Juvenile literature
  • Prisons > California > Alcatraz Island > Juvenile literature
  • Military prisons > United States > Juvenile literature
  • Indians of North America > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
  • Alcatraz Island (Calif.) > History > Indian occupation, 1969-1971 > Juvenile literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Audience (note)
  • Ages 12-17.
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:
Available onsite at NYPL
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Warrior, Robert Allen.
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