The Occupation of Alcatraz was a 19-month long protest which began on this day in 1969, when 89 Native Americans and their supporters occupied and reclaimed Alcatraz Island as indigenous land.
The protest was led by Richard Oakes and Grace Thorpe. The group chose the name Indians of All Tribes (IOAT) for themselves and lived on the island together until the protest was forcibly ended by the U.S. government.
IOAT claimed that, under the Treaty of Fort Laramie between the U.S. and the Lakota tribe, all retired, abandoned, or out-of-use federal land was returned to the Indians who once occupied it.
By late May of 1971, the government had cut off all electrical power and all telephone service to the island. Left without power, fresh water, and in the face of diminishing public support and sympathy, the number of occupiers began to dwindle. On June 11th, 1971, a large force of federal officers removed the remaining 15 people from the island.
A Look Back at the Occupation of Alcatraz, 51 Years Later
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And playin’ shmups this morning. Playing Blast Wing and Sonic Wings Special on Saturn. And Sonic Wings/Aero Fighters 2/3 on NGCD. I’m getting better at shmups at least. Learning to do pattern recognition, better overall positioning, reading the playspace, etc. Still not great though. I’m not good enough to actually beat AF2 without using a 2nd player to spam infinite continues in the harder stages in loop 2. Although I finally beat the last stage in loop 1 without doing that on easy which was an accomplishment for me.
I think I hate arcade-centric shmups. I just don’t like how they’re made in regards to difficulty and how aggressive they are with bullet patterns and stuff. AF2 has this really herky-jerky difficulty curve where it’s clear that in arcade they’re trying to stop a player from getting 30+ minutes of playtime. AF3 actually has a pretty smooth one for some reason, maybe they realized their mistake with 2. And Sonic Wings Special (which is basically AF4) is kind of inbetween where they drop the second loop/NG+ system and instead have more unlockables and encourage you to keep replaying the game with all/most of the characters/ships.