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Native Americans

Nov. 10, 1999

Occupation of Alcatraz Was a 'Wake-Up Call'

Thirty years ago today, the charter boat "Monte Cristo," with a small band of Indians aboard, motored across the chilly, choppy waters of San Francisco Bay to symbolically claim the abandoned prison island of Alcatraz for Native Americans.

By Pamela A. MacLean
and Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writers
        Thirty years ago today, the charter boat "Monte Cristo," with a small band of Indians aboard, motored across the chilly, choppy waters of San Francisco Bay to symbolically claim the abandoned prison island of Alcatraz for Native Americans.
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