Occupy Alcatraz Research Paper

I’m Connor and I’m going to be talking about the significant civil rights movements carried out by the Native American Indians such as the Occupy Alcatraz movement and the Trail of Broken Treaties movement. The Occupy Alcatraz shown in the first and second image was a land rights movements made by the Native Americans where many students went to the island and protested for Indian land. The students had said that they were not scared of the US government and their laws because Alcatraz was Indian land. Due to the public spot light that the occupation put on Indian issues it accelerated the process of repealing the tribal termination policy. Johnson and Glasser had said “It might have happened anyway, but Alcatraz had the attention of the nation,
Another large movement was the cross-country protest called the Trail of Broken Treaties, this protest was designed to bring national attention to the conditions American Indians have and the issues presented such as treaty rights, living standards and inadequate housing. The protest reached Washington D.C. in early November in time for the presidential election. The American Indians had written up a paper consisting of 20 points some of these points include: “By July 4, 1976 the United States Federal Government should restore a permanent Native American land area of no less than 110 million acres (450,000 km2). This area should be perpetually non-taxable by the federal government. In addition, the Termination Acts of the 1950s and 1960s should be immediately repealed.” “The United States government should recognize and protect the spiritual and cultural integrity of the Indian Nations,” and “The United States Federal Government should establish a Treaty Commission that will have the power to contract new treaties to ensure the future of the Indian