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Non-profit news outlet Retro Report recently released a short film, , about the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island, which sparked a wave of Native American activism in the 1970s. Native News Online sat down with the film’s producer, Colleen Thurston (Choctaw Nation), to discuss how the occupation of Alcatraz was the beginning of the modern Indigenous rights era, what inspired her to create this film, and what she would like Native and non-Native audiences to gain from watching.

Unthanksgiving Day: A celebration of Indigenous resistance to colonialism, held yearly at Alcatraz.

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.

In 1975, “Unthanksgiving Day” was established to both mark the occupation and advocate for Indigenous self-determination.

The Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Sunrise Ceremony spotlights 500 years of Native resistance to colonialism in the “New World.”