American Indian Support Press Conference

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KPIX news report from a press conference outside the Mission Area Community Action Center in San Francisco, on December 15th 1969. A spokesman points out, in support of the occupation of Alcatraz, that: "The American people … likes a problem which it can solve as easily as it can by letting the Indians have a piece of land which we haven't known any particular good use for anyway." Ends with another activist contending that the Federal government should be happy to turn over surplus land to the American Indians, for the purpose of education and vocational training.

Originally aired on
KPIX Eye on the Bay News
Date aired
12/15/1969
Recording medium
16mm color magnetic sound film
1:30
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Type of material
archival news film
Event
Occupation of Alcatraz
Identifier
KPIX 100898
Views
3381

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