Unforgettable Change: 1960s: American Indians Occupy Alcatraz
Click image to zoom in.Or view larger version. Native American children on Alcatraz Island. Date unknown. Michelle Vignes, photographer. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California.
This is a photograph of Native American children playing on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. On November 20, 1969, 79 Native Americans, including six children, set out to occupy Alcatraz Island. The intention of the occupation was to gain Indian control over the island for the purpose of building a center for Native American Studies, an American Indian spiritual center, an ecology center, and an American Indian Museum.