Eldy Bratt walks down a cell block on Alcatraz with her son Peter Bratt, left, and one of her daughters in San Francisco, March 26, 1970, during the 19-month Native American occupation of the former ...

including helping lead the occupation of Alcatraz in 1969. This talk came at a trying time for Indigenous tribes, as the current presidential administration has taken aim at their citizenship rights.

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. From the historic Indigenous occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969 to the fossil fuel fights throughout Canada and the U.S. today, Indigenous resistance ...