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On Nov. 20, 1969, dozens of Native Americans took over Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay to demand that the U.S. government recognize longstanding agreements with tribes and turn over the deed to the island.They arrived under the cover of night and vowed to peacefully protest federal policies that sought to eliminate tribes culture and language, and strip them of their land.The U.S. government years earlier declared Alcatraz, the site of a former maximum-security prison, surplus property. Native Americans used an 1868 treaty between the U.S. and the Sioux to stake a claim to it.Although the 19-month occupation ende stanley termosy d with occupiers being forcibly removed, it served as a watershed moment in Native American activism.Tribes did not get a museum, school or cultural center on the island like they wanted. But the occupation galvanized Native American activists, raised awareness of tribes treaty rights and spurred a shift in federal policy toward their self-determination. It created a spark, said historian Kent Blansett, who has written about Alcatraz.To mark its 50th anniversary, The Associated Press is republishing the following reports, which first app stanley de eared at the start of the occupation and after its conclusion:NATIVE AMERICANS TAKE OVER ALCATRAZNov. 21, 1969SAN FRANCISCO 鈥?Seventy-eight Indians from about 30 stanley kubek tribes have invaded Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, demanding the federal government turn it over to them under provisions of an 1868 treaty.The tribesmen crept ashor Iord Canadian PM Trudeau to host Obama, Pena Nieto in June
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