Occupying Alcatraz : Native American activists demand change

Title:

Author:

Burling, Alexis, author.

ISBN:

9781624023132

Personal Author:

Burling, Alexis, author.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 pages) : illustrations, map.

Series:

Hidden heroes

Hidden heroes.

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.

Abstract:

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.

Reading Level:

Ages 12-17.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Corporate Subject:

United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

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.