Alcatraz Island (Calif.)
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Radio free Alcatraz – January 7 and 14, 1970
BB5457.05 – This one is an extract of program from 12/23/69. Substituted for 1/7/70. John Adar is in studio being interviewed by KPFA station manager Al Solcowood (sp?). Adar is an academic and talks about how the occupation is a great opportunity for Native Americans to show what they can do – environment, education, etc.…
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Radio free Alcatraz – January 15 and 19, 1970
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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
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…

