Occupying Alcatraz: Native American Activists Demand Change

Hidden Heroes

by Alexis Burling

Occupying Alcatraz 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. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

112 pages, ebook

Published January 1, 2017