| American Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island: Red Power and Self-Determination Contributor(s): Johnson, Troy R. (Author), Johnson, Troy R. (Afterword by), Fixico, Donald L. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 080321779X ISBN-13: 9780803217799 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: December 2008 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 365.979 |
| LCCN: 2008036493 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.95 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's - Locality - San Francisco, California - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The occupation of Alcatraz Island by American Indians from November 20, 1969, through June 11, 1971, focused the attention of the world on Native Americans and helped develop pan-Indian activism. In this detailed examination of the takeover, Troy R. Johnson tells the story of those who organized the occupation and those who participated, some by living on the island and others by soliciting donations of money, food, water, clothing, and other necessities. Johnson documents the unrest in the Bay Area urban Indian population that helped spur the takeover and draws on interviews with those involved to describe everyday life on Alcatraz during the nineteen-month occupation. In describing the federal government's reactions as Americans rallied in support of the Indians, he turns to federal government archives and Nixon administration files. The book is a must-read for historians and others interested in the civil rights era, Native American history, and contemporary American Indian issues. Troy R. Johnson is a professor of history and American Indian studies at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author and editor of several books, including Red Power: The American Indians' Fight for Freedom (available in a Bison Books edition) and Contemporary Native American Political Issues. |
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