Legitimacy of American Indians right to negotiate

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KPIX news report from January 9th 1970, opening with brief views of buildings on Alcatraz Island and a glimpse inside the school run by occupying American Indians there. Indians of All Tribes lawyer Aubrey Grossman holds a press conference in which he describes legal restrictions being imposed on visitors to Alcatraz and explains that the Indians may take the step of having their organization officially incorporated, just so the Federal government will take them seriously during negotiations.

Event
Occupation of Alcatraz
Type of material
archival news film
Duration
1:55
16mm color magnetic sound film
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Date aired
1/9/1970
Originally aired on
KPIX Eye on the Bay News
Identifier
KPIX 101087
Views
4383

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