Since then, with exception to during the Covid-19 pandemic, American Indians have journeyed from the mainland to Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay on Thanksgiving Day. Previously the day was called “Un-Thanksgiving Day. In modern times, Alcatraz Island has become a symbol to American Indians.
In the middle of the night on Nov. 20, 1969, a group of mostly young Native Americans escaped to Alcatraz, landing on the shores of Alcatraz Island. The occupation's demands: that the island be turned over to Indigenous Americans.
Kilcher s lawyer said she will "vigorously defend herself and asks that she be afforded the presumption of innocence both in and outside the courthouse."
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