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Since then, with exception to during the Covid-19 pandemic, American Indians have journeyed from the mainland to Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay on Thanksgiving Day. Previously the day was called “Un-Thanksgiving Day. In modern times, Alcatraz Island has become a symbol to American Indians.
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In the middle of the night on Nov. 20, 1969, a group of mostly young Native Americans escaped to Alcatraz, landing on the shores of Alcatraz Island. The occupation's demands: that the island be turned over to Indigenous Americans.
Kilcher's lawyer said she will "vigorously defend herself and asks that she be afforded the presumption of innocence both in and outside the courthouse."