Indigenous organizers mark 52 years since the Alcatraz occupation — with the interior secretary

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For nearly two years starting in 1969, a group of Native activists, who became known as the Indians of All Tribes, occupied Alcatraz. Their action sparked a nationwide movement. Fifty-two years later, organizers commemorating the anniversary of the occupation were joined by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, who said the country is in a new era. Indigenous organizers are still pushing for the establishment of a cultural center and museum on the island and advocating, in some cases successfully, for the return of ancestral lands to tribal control.

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