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DESCRIPTION:Indigenous Women Activists During & After the Protest Occupation of 
 Alcatraz Island\n\nSaturday, August 8, 2020 @ 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM 
 PT\n\nLivestream on YouTube: 
 https://www.youtube.com/user/SanFranciscoLibrary\n\nOriginal occupier Dr. 
 LaNada War Jack,  member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, scholar, educator, 
 author and leader will moderate a discussion around the role of Indigenous 
 women during and after the Indians of All Tribes protest occupation of 
 Alcatraz Island (1969-1971). \n\nWomen played a key role in organizing and 
 maintaining the protest occupation of Alcatraz Island yet their story is 
 often overlooked. This panel will explore the role of women in the 
 indigenous rights movement from the occupation to the present. Please join 
 us to hear the stories of these remarkable women who continue the hard work 
 of positive change.\n\nPanelist: Geneva Seaboy, Morning Star Gali, Nanette 
 Bradley Deetz and more. \n\nABOUT: Dr. LaNada War Jack\n\nDr. LaNada War 
 Jack is a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes where she lives on the Fort 
 Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho. In January of 1968 she was the first 
 Native American student enrolled at the University of California at 
 Berkeley and graduated with honors in an Independent Major of Native 
 American Law & Politics. While attending UC Berkeley, \nDr. War Jack 
 participated as the first Native American component of the first Ethnic 
 Studies Program in the UC statewide effort in establishing Native American 
 Studies, African American Studies, Chicano Studies and Asian Studies. She 
 is the author of "Native Resistance An Intergenerational Fight for Survival 
 and Life".\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/26/18835401.php
SUMMARY:Indigenous Women Activists During & After the Protest Occupation of Alcatraz Island
LOCATION:Online via livestream
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/26/18835401.php
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