They figured it out accordingly and had a lot of help from the Bay Area as well. In the interview, War Jack was asked how the student organizers got past the Coast Guard to get on the island and she replied they didn’t see the Coast Guard anywhere, “I don’t think they were expecting us.” She was asked how it was living at Alcatraz? She said she has fears today but at the time everything was good, “I didn’t feel like it was dangerous or anything – my son enjoyed it.” They had food taken to the island, the Coast Guard tried to block them off but they just landed food and provisions on the other side of the island.
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She said Native people had just gone through a time period where children were taken and put into government boarding schools to assimilate them into the mainstream of American society so to upgrade that some were sent on relocation to six major cities in the country.
She, along with other Native students decided to occupy Alcatraz Island to bring attention to the injustices that were happening throughout Indian Country on the reservations. While there she assisted in the establishment of an Ethic Studies department, along with a Native American Studies program. War Jack was the first Native student admitted to the University of California Berkeley.
LaNada War Jack, Shoshone-Bannock, is a last surviving leader of the Alcatraz occupation.ĪBC 7 News interviewed her June 18 regarding the documentary. War Jack featured in 'Escape to Alcatraz' documentaryįORT HALL - “Escape to Alcatraz” is now streaming on Hulu that tells the story of the 19 month occupation of Alcatraz Island from Novemto June 11, 1971.ĪBC 7 News San Francisco produced the documentary that features various video footage and photos from throughout the occupation – some that hasn’t been seen before.ĭr.
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