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Occupying Alcatraz : Native American activists demand change

text Occupying Alcatraz : Native American activists demand change

Burling, Alexis

Summary: Discusses how in 1969, a group of daring Native American activists launched a 19-month takeover of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, seeking to highlight the poor living conditions that persisted in Native American communities throughout the country.

Format: text

Description: 112 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Publisher: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2017

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Woodmere (Main Branch)	J 970 BUR in Juvenile Nonfiction	Available

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