1. At whom was the proclamation directed? Why would they reference them in this way? 2. How would you describe the tone of the proclamation? Is it confrontational? Where is it humorous? 3. Why did the "Indians of All Tribes" take Alcatraz island?
1. At whom was the proclamation directed? Why would they reference them in this way? 2. How would you describe the tone of the proclamation? Is it confrontational? Where is it humorous? 3. Why did the "Indians of All Tribes" take Alcatraz island?
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1. At whom was the proclamation directed? Why would they reference them in this way?
2. How would you describe the tone of the proclamation? Is it confrontational? Where is it humorous?
3. Why did the "Indians of All Tribes" take Alcatraz island?
4. Were conditions of the Native American reservations described accurately in the Alcatraz Proclamation?
![To the Great White Father and All His People:
We, the native Americans, reclaim the land known as Alcatraz Island in the name of all American Indians by right of
discovery. We wish to be fair and honorable in our dealings with the Caucasian inhabitants of this land, and hereby offer the
following treaty:
We will purchase said Alcatraz Island for twenty-four dollars ($24) in glass beads and red cloth, a precedent set by the white
man's purchase of a similar island about 300 years ago... Our offer of $1.24 per acre is greater than the 47 cents per acre the
white men are now paying the California Indians for their land... We will offer them our religion, our education, our life-ways, in
order to help them achieve our level of civilization and thus raise them and all their white brothers up from their savage and
unhappy state. We...wish to be fair and honorable in our dealings with all white men.
We feel that this so-called Alcatraz Island is more than suitable for an Indian Reservation, as determined by the white man's
own standards. By this we mean...
1. It is isolated from modern facilities, and without adequate means of transportation.
2. It has no fresh running water.
3.
It has inadequate sanitation facilities.
4. There are no oil or mineral rights.
5. There is no industry so unemployment is great.
6.
There are no health care facilities.
7. The soil is rocky and non-productive; and the land does not support game.
8. There are no educational facilities.
9. The population has always exceeded the land base.
10. The population has always been held as prisoners and kept dependent upon others.
...What use will be made of this land [that we intend to reclaim]?...
1. A Center for Native American Studies will be developed which will train our young people in the best of our native
cultural arts and sciences, as well as educate them to the skills and knowledge relevant to improve the lives and
spirits of all Indian peoples. Attached to this center will be traveling universities, managed by Indians, which will go to
the Indian Reservations in order to learn the traditional values from the people...
2.
An American Indian Spiritual center will be developed which will practice our ancient tribal religious ceremonies and
medicine. Our cultural arts will be featured and our young people trained in music, dance, and medicine.
3. An Indian Center of Ecology will be built which will train and support our young people in scientific research and
practice in order to restore our lands and waters to their pure and natural state. We will seek to de-pollute the air and
the water...which has been threatened by the white man's way...
4. A Great Indian Training School will be developed to teach our peoples how to make a living in the world, improve our
standards of living, and end hunger and unemployment among all our peoples. This training school will include a
center for Indian arts and crafts, and an Indian Restaurant serving native foods [to the public]...so all may know of
the...traditional Indian ways.
5. Some of the present buildings will be taken over to develop an American Indian Museum, which will depict our native
foods and other cultural contributions we have given to all the world. Another part of the Museum will present some of
the things the white man has given to the Indians: disease, alcohol, poverty, and cultural decimation... Part of the
museum will remain a dungeon, to symbolize both Indian captives who were incarcerated for challenging white
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Transcribed Image Text:To the Great White Father and All His People:
We, the native Americans, reclaim the land known as Alcatraz Island in the name of all American Indians by right of
discovery. We wish to be fair and honorable in our dealings with the Caucasian inhabitants of this land, and hereby offer the
following treaty:
We will purchase said Alcatraz Island for twenty-four dollars ($24) in glass beads and red cloth, a precedent set by the white
man's purchase of a similar island about 300 years ago... Our offer of $1.24 per acre is greater than the 47 cents per acre the
white men are now paying the California Indians for their land... We will offer them our religion, our education, our life-ways, in
order to help them achieve our level of civilization and thus raise them and all their white brothers up from their savage and
unhappy state. We...wish to be fair and honorable in our dealings with all white men.
We feel that this so-called Alcatraz Island is more than suitable for an Indian Reservation, as determined by the white man's
own standards. By this we mean...
1. It is isolated from modern facilities, and without adequate means of transportation.
2. It has no fresh running water.
3.
It has inadequate sanitation facilities.
4. There are no oil or mineral rights.
5. There is no industry so unemployment is great.
6.
There are no health care facilities.
7. The soil is rocky and non-productive; and the land does not support game.
8. There are no educational facilities.
9. The population has always exceeded the land base.
10. The population has always been held as prisoners and kept dependent upon others.
...What use will be made of this land [that we intend to reclaim]?...
1. A Center for Native American Studies will be developed which will train our young people in the best of our native
cultural arts and sciences, as well as educate them to the skills and knowledge relevant to improve the lives and
spirits of all Indian peoples. Attached to this center will be traveling universities, managed by Indians, which will go to
the Indian Reservations in order to learn the traditional values from the people...
2.
An American Indian Spiritual center will be developed which will practice our ancient tribal religious ceremonies and
medicine. Our cultural arts will be featured and our young people trained in music, dance, and medicine.
3. An Indian Center of Ecology will be built which will train and support our young people in scientific research and
practice in order to restore our lands and waters to their pure and natural state. We will seek to de-pollute the air and
the water...which has been threatened by the white man's way...
4. A Great Indian Training School will be developed to teach our peoples how to make a living in the world, improve our
standards of living, and end hunger and unemployment among all our peoples. This training school will include a
center for Indian arts and crafts, and an Indian Restaurant serving native foods [to the public]...so all may know of
the...traditional Indian ways.
5. Some of the present buildings will be taken over to develop an American Indian Museum, which will depict our native
foods and other cultural contributions we have given to all the world. Another part of the Museum will present some of
the things the white man has given to the Indians: disease, alcohol, poverty, and cultural decimation... Part of the
museum will remain a dungeon, to symbolize both Indian captives who were incarcerated for challenging white
authority...
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