The Mission's 'Little Rez' was once the center of Native American life in San Francisco
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FILE--American Indians play ball games outside the prison wall on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco during their occupation of the island in this Nov. 26, 1969 file photo. The sign reading 'INDIANS WELCOME,' is one of the few physical reminders that 30 years ago a group of American Indians clung to the barren, bony slopes of Alcatraz for 19 months, winning the attention of the world and igniting a passion for civil rights. (AP Photo/File)Associated Press 1969
The path of almost every Native American who arrived in San Francisco in the 1960s led straight to Warren’s Slaughterhouse Bar.