Title Occupying Alcatraz : Native American activists demand change / by Alexis Burling.

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Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017]

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Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department	YA323.1197 BURLING	Check Shelf

Description	112 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Series	Hidden heroes
	Hidden heroes.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-109) and index.
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.
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Politics and government -- Juvenile literature.
Subject	United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California. (OCoLC)fst00604554
	Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History -- Indian occupation, 1969-1971 -- Juvenile literature.
	United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Juvenile literature.
	Indians of North America -- Government relations -- Juvenile literature.
	Prisons. (OCoLC)fst01077326
	California -- Alcatraz Island. (OCoLC)fst01241038
	Indians of North America -- Government relations. (OCoLC)fst00969761
	Prisons -- California -- Alcatraz Island -- Juvenile literature.
	Military prisons. (OCoLC)fst01021408
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Government relations -- Juvenile literature.
Subject	Military prisons -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	Indians of North America -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00969673
	Indians of North America -- Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst00969875
	Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- Juvenile literature.
	Indians of North America -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject	Indians of North America -- Politics and government -- Juvenile literature.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Subject	Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island (California : 1969-1971) (OCoLC)fst01353277
Genre/Form	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Title	Native American activists demand change
ISBN	1680783890 (lib. bdg.)
	9781680783896 (lib. bdg.)

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