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The Occupation of Alcatraz Island and Environmental Injustice in Indian Country

Aug 12 2021
By William J. Bauer, Jr., author of "Reclaiming Alcatraz: The Legacies and Continuities of the American Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island, 1971–2021" published in the current issue of California History and coauthor, with Damon Akins, of We Are the Land: A History of Native California. Th
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COVID-19 and the Long History of Indigenous Survivance in California

Apr 13 2021
Over the last year, we’ve seen how American Indian have continued a long tradition of survivance to cope with the devastating effects of the pandemic. In California, as well as the rest of the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the long-standing implications of settler colonialism.
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