Talk:Occupation of Alcatraz

Background
The background section of this article seems a bit broad and disconnected from the event itself. Is there someone who is familiar enough with this event who could tighten this up a bit?

206.211.166.17 (talk) 15:22, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

This section calls the activist Joe Bill an "Eskimo" -- does anyone know if he was Inuit, Inupiat, or Yupik? This should be changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naturekicksback (talk • contribs) 20:16, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Country template
While the occupiers claimed that Alcatraz was Native land, I don't see anything in the article suggesting that Alcatraz was an independent country of its own. - TheMightyQuill (talk) 14:53, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Inter-group Cooperation
Although periodic macro studies exist, such as "Minority Relations: Inter-group Conflict and Cooperation" edited by Greg Robinson and Robert S. Chang, published by Oxford (link: https://academic.oup.com/mississippi-scholarship-online/book/28715) there are few academic sources on the cooperation and coalition building between various civil rights movements of this period, including the Occupation of Alcatraz, though not limited to. There is even painfully little available regarding support from Americans who were famous and a part of this protest. If anyone knows or can find additional scholarly references on this matter, it would be greatly appreciated. If by sheer luck someone is reading this who is a researcher in this area, please consider it as an option. There is very little available on the interrelationships, that I can find at least, including support, between different groups of people. It is my personal opinion that it has been detrimental to expanding the narrative outside of 'people support their own group' (which is almost becoming a stereotype) and contributing to fragmentation. It's not the only thing that's important (and yes, it's still very important that groups are shown to be self-actuating), but, as yet, the story that is widely available is incomplete. Thanks for reading! KnowTheManyHistories (talk) 03:35, 3 September 2023 (UTC)