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Occupying Alcatraz : Native American activists demand change

Burling, Alexis (author.). Warrior, Robert Allen, (consultant.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781680797428
  • ISBN: 1680797425
  • ISBN: 1680783890
  • ISBN: 9781680783896
  • Physical Description: 112 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
    print
  • Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Target Audience Note:
1200L Lexile
Ages 12-17.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG+ 8.6 3 3 187976
Subject: United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California Juvenile literature
Indigenous peoples of North America Government relations Juvenile literature
Indigenous peoples of North America Politics and government Juvenile literature
Prisons California Alcatraz Island Juvenile literature
Military prisons United States Juvenile literature
Indigenous peoples of North America Civil rights History 20th century Juvenile literature
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) History Indian occupation, 1969-1971 Juvenile literature
Indigenous peoples of North America Government relations
Indigenous peoples of North America
Indigenous peoples of North America Politics and government
Indigenous peoples of North America Civil rights
Genre: Literature.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
History.

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  • 3 of 4 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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