Alcatraz Island (Calif.)–History–Indian occupation, 1969-1971
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Radio free Alcatraz – January 20 and 21, 1970
BB5457.09 – 1/20/70 15 min. Canadian Native American joins John on radio and interviews Jonny Yesno for a Canadian broadcast. He asks how many on the island. 75, many returned to college, from what tribes, how does info get out. AIM was here. How are you surviving – food, heating, etc. Came from Canadian radio.…
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Radio free Alcatraz – January 22 and 23, 1970
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Radio free Alcatraz – January 26 and February 9, 1970
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Radio free Alcatraz – February 11 and 12, 1970
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Radio free Alcatraz – February 13 and 18, 1970
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Radio free Alcatraz – February 20 and April 7, 1970
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Radio free Alcatraz – December 31, 1969 and January 5, 1970
This tape contains two episodes of the series of news reports on the Indians of All Tribes occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. Episode BB5457.03, recorded and broadcast 1969-12-31, begins with the KPFA announcer explaining that they were waiting for the connection to be made with Alcatraz Island, and soon John Trudell reports in…
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Radio free Alcatraz – December 28 and 29, 1969
The tape box notes that episode BB5457.01, which would have aired on 1969-12-28, is missing from this reel. Episode BB5457.02 of Radio Free Alcatraz, airing 1969-12-29, starts with John Trudell explaining problems with electricity generation on Alcatraz Island followed by an interview with Jonny Bearcub (now Jonny Bearcub Stiffarm), a member of the Fort Peck…
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Indians On Alcatraz : First Anniversary
The program opens with Denny Smithson speaking to two Indians on the boat going to Alcatraz. This is followed by an interview with John Trudell, chief spokesman for Alcatraz island, conducted by Denny Smithson as they sit in the sun on a retaining wall in the upper courtyard of the island, followed by a press…
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Radio free Alcatraz
From November 20, 1969, to June 11, 1971, a group called Indians of All Tribes occupied Alcatraz Island off the coast of San Francisco, California. The Alcatraz takeover was done to protest federal laws that contradicted historic land treaties with the Indians and aimed to destroy American Indian cultures, including the right of tribes to…