Today's history June 11th,1971 with John Trudell.
The Occupation of Alcatraz (Nov. 20, 1969 – June 11, 1971) was a 19-month long protest when 89 American Indians and their supporters occupied Alcatraz Island. The protest was led by Richard Oakes, Adam Fortunate Eagle, LaNada Means, John Trudell and others.
Rare footage. https://youtu.be/U9sBk8Stms4
The protest group chose the name Indians of All Tribes (IOAT) for themselves. The IOAT claimed that, under the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie between the U.S. and the Lakota tribe, all retired, abandoned, or out-of-use federal land was returned to the Indians who once occupied it. Alcatraz penitentiary had been closed on March 21, 1963, and the island had been declared surplus federal property in 1964, so a number of Red Power activists felt that the island qualified for a reclamation by Indians.
The Occupation of Alcatraz (Nov. 20, 1969 – June 11, 1971) was a 19-month long protest when 89 American Indians and their supporters occupied Alcatraz Island. The protest was led by Richard Oakes, Adam Fortunate Eagle, LaNada Means, John Trudell and others.
Rare footage. https://youtu.be/U9sBk8Stms4
The protest group chose the name Indians of All Tribes (IOAT) for themselves. The IOAT claimed that, under the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie between the U.S. and the Lakota tribe, all retired, abandoned, or out-of-use federal land was returned to the Indians who once occupied it. Alcatraz penitentiary had been closed on March 21, 1963, and the island had been declared surplus federal property in 1964, so a number of Red Power activists felt that the island qualified for a reclamation by Indians.
Though fraught
with controversy and forcibly ended, the Occupation is hailed by many as
a success for having attained international attention for the situation
of native peoples in the United States, and for sparking more than 200
instances of civil disobedience among Natives
.U.S. Attorney James L. Browning Jr. said the raid was triggered when a U.S. marshal observed $680 worth of copper wires and cables being removed from the island in the morning and sold in San Francisco. Three Indians were arrested and charged with theft of government property.
Browning, who announced the raid at a news conference, said continued Indian occupation of the island was intolerable and that the Indians has been “illegally inhabiting the island.”
John Trudell, a 25-year-old Sioux who is a member of the Alcatraz tribal council and was ashore when the marshals struck, told a news conference that Browning had promised “there would be no action against us while we were still negotiating. They lied to us.”
Radio Free Alcatraz
The radio station formed a key ingredient in the occupation of Alcatraz. It broadcast half-hour programs at least 39 times via Pacifica stations KPFA (Berkeley), KPFK (Los Angeles), WBAI (New York), regularly at 7:15 pm PST, to more than 100,000 listeners. Today, the Pacifica Radio Archives has physical copies of 39 broadcasts and four broadcasts have been digitally preserved and are available. Its content consisted of discussions with various members of the occupation, whether Native American or not; and addresses by its prime mover, John Trudell, a Santee Sioux veteran. The station ended its operation when the Federal Government cut off electric power to the island in late May 1971. The FBI regarded Trudell as an especially dangerous voice for Native rights.
Trudell spoke, in a calm midwestern voice, about key issues in Native life: forcible loss of ancestral lands, matters of spirituality, seriously contaminated water supply on Native reservations, sharp inequalities in infant mortality and life expectancy among Native Americans, as contrasted with the majority white US public. He addressed listeners as a plainspoken but calm mediator, not in stinging rhetoric. Each program began with Buffy Sainte Marie’s song "Now That the Buffalo's Gone."
https://youtu.be/maAfW-87tas
.U.S. Attorney James L. Browning Jr. said the raid was triggered when a U.S. marshal observed $680 worth of copper wires and cables being removed from the island in the morning and sold in San Francisco. Three Indians were arrested and charged with theft of government property.
Browning, who announced the raid at a news conference, said continued Indian occupation of the island was intolerable and that the Indians has been “illegally inhabiting the island.”
John Trudell, a 25-year-old Sioux who is a member of the Alcatraz tribal council and was ashore when the marshals struck, told a news conference that Browning had promised “there would be no action against us while we were still negotiating. They lied to us.”
The radio station formed a key ingredient in the occupation of Alcatraz. It broadcast half-hour programs at least 39 times via Pacifica stations KPFA (Berkeley), KPFK (Los Angeles), WBAI (New York), regularly at 7:15 pm PST, to more than 100,000 listeners. Today, the Pacifica Radio Archives has physical copies of 39 broadcasts and four broadcasts have been digitally preserved and are available. Its content consisted of discussions with various members of the occupation, whether Native American or not; and addresses by its prime mover, John Trudell, a Santee Sioux veteran. The station ended its operation when the Federal Government cut off electric power to the island in late May 1971. The FBI regarded Trudell as an especially dangerous voice for Native rights.
Trudell spoke, in a calm midwestern voice, about key issues in Native life: forcible loss of ancestral lands, matters of spirituality, seriously contaminated water supply on Native reservations, sharp inequalities in infant mortality and life expectancy among Native Americans, as contrasted with the majority white US public. He addressed listeners as a plainspoken but calm mediator, not in stinging rhetoric. Each program began with Buffy Sainte Marie’s song "Now That the Buffalo's Gone."
https://youtu.be/maAfW-87tas
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