Protests, demonstrations, vigils, etc. — Alcatraz (Calif.).

  • 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.…

  • Radio free Alcatraz – January 15 and 19, 1970

    BB5457.07 – 1/15/70 14 min. BB5457.08 – 1/19/70 15 min. John Trudell interviews La Nada Means, student at UC Berkeley, Native American. Involved in 3rd World student strike, arrested in protest, suspended for two quarters. University had hearing and pronounced her not guilty.

  • 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.…

  • Radio free Alcatraz – January 22 and 23, 1970

    BB5457.11 – 1/22/70 BB5457.12 – 1/23/70 13:42.

  • Radio free Alcatraz – January 26 and February 9, 1970

    BB5457.13 – 01/26/70 – 15′. BB5457.14 – 02/09/70

  • Radio free Alcatraz – February 11 and 12, 1970

    BB5457.15 – 02/11/70 – 17:41. BB5457.16 – 02/12/70 – 11 min.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Alcatraz broadcast, January 20, 1970 / John Trudell.

    Trudell talks by phone with a Canadian Indian about the the occupation of Alcatraz by AmericanIndians.|ALCATRAZ BROADCAST, JANUARY 20, 1970 / John Trudell. – Trudell talks by phone with a Canadian Indian about the occupation of Alcatraz by American Indians. – RECORDED: on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco. BROADCAST: KPFA, 20 Jan. 1970.

  • 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…