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Just over 40 years ago in November 1969, Indians of All Tribes (IAT) began an occupation of Alcatraz that lasted 19 months. According to the Native Americans occupying the land, all abandoned or unused federal lands was to be given back to the Native people from whom it was originally taken with accordance of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie between the US and the Sioux. Due to lack of electricity, water, and food, the population on the island dwindled and the remaining occupants were forcibly removed by the US government.

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Photographer, Ilka Hartmann, photographically documented the occupation and is currently displaying slides and lectures on the events in honor of the 40th anniversary of the occupation.

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Read an interview with Ilka Hartmann HERE.

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