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Associated Press Indians Line Up for Food on Alcatraz Island

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09795.07 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: San Francisco, California Type: Photograph Date: January 11, 1970 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 25.6 cm Order a Copy

One photograph entitled, "Indians Line Up for Food on Alcatraz Island," released by the Associated Press dated January 11, 1970. Shows indigenous activists waiting in line and serving food during an occupation at Alcatraz Island.

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