American Indians occupy Nike Missile site in San Pablo, Part I (Updated five months ago)
KQED news report from a Nike missile site in San Pablo on June 14th 1971, where American Indian activists have just initiated another occupation of land, following their removal from Alcatraz. Features inteviews with a local law enforcement officer and Indian spokesman John Trudell, who explains: "To put it mildly, we're pretty upset about how the government handled the Alcatraz situation ... We want to be left alone but we want the right to guide our own lives. We don't believe in the Great White Father. it's a myth." Trudell goes on to give his own detailed account of their behind the scenes negotiations with Federal authorities over Alcatraz Island.
Tags: alcatraz occupation, great white father, interviews, john trudell, nike missile site, occuptation of alcatraz
Added to San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive on September 22, 2009.
Information
- Originally aired on: KQED News
- Date aired: 6/14/1971
- Recording medium: 16mm color magnetic sound film
- Rights for this video belong to: NCPB/KQED
- Duration: 8:10
- Type of material: archival news film
- Event: Occupation of Alcatraz
Content
- KQN 1288-1.mp4 (69.63 MB – MPEG4 video)
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Version history
- Imported from external collection.
- Update by Daniel A Koepke on five months ago.