Pit River Indians claim and PG&E
About This Item
KPIX news report from Shasta County in north eastern California on June 5th 1970, where a PG&E employee's holiday camp has been occupied by a group of Pit River Indians, who claim ownership of the land. Lawyer Aubrey Grossman explains: "It has always been their land. This claim is buttressed by the decision of the Indian Claims Commission, which was set up to determine questions like this. And they did determine - I think in 1959 - that in the year 1853 all of this land was owned by the Pit River Indians. And it was illegally taken away by the adoption of a Federal statute."
- Originally aired on
- KPIX Eye on the Bay News
- Date aired
- 6/5/1970
- Recording medium
- 16mm color magnetic sound film
- 2:55
- Rights for this video belong to
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Type of material
- archival news film
- Event
- Occupation of Alcatraz
- Identifier
- KPIX 102261
- Views
- 11068
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