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Occupying Alcatraz : Native American activists demand change / by Alexis Burling ; content consultant, Robert Warrior.
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.
Item details
- ISBN: 9781680783896
- ISBN: 1680783890
- ISBN: 1680797425
- ISBN: 9781680797428
- Physical Description: 112 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Contents / Notes
| 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: | Ages 12-17. |
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