Alcatraz takeover press conference

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KQED news report from June 14th 1971 featuring a press conference held by Federal authorities, following their removal of American Indian activists from Alcatraz. Attorney for Northern District of California James L. Browning, Jr. claims their intervention was provoked by a statement from the Indian's attorney a few days earlier: "We recieved the word that in the event the government would not immediately present to them some proposal, giving them either use or title to the island, that they were prepared to (quote) 'do something' (unquote), in respect to the island."

Originally aired on
KQED News
Date aired
6/14/1971
Recording medium
16mm color magnetic sound film
3:34
Rights for this video belong to
NCPB/KQED
Type of material
archival news film
Event
Occupation of Alcatraz
Identifier
KQN 1286
Views
7359

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