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Tag: American Indian Occupation of Alcatraz of 1969

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Indigenous ceremony draws hundreds to Alcatraz

by El Tecolote Staff December 5, 2013December 7, 2013

It was still dark during the early hours of Thanksgiving Day when Natalia Cooper arrived at Pier 33. The Oakland teacher wasn’t alone. Several hundred people, coming from all parts of the Bay Area, waited at the pier to depart to Alcatraz for the annual Indigenous People’s Sunrise Ceremony.

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