Sep 20, 2022
The Indians of All Tribes spoke to what we now call environmental racism, i.e. that people of color face environmental injustice. The “Proclamation of the Indians of All Tribes” recognized environmental issues in Indian Country. After claiming the island, the Indians of All Tribes compared the environmental conditions on reservations to the former prison, 'this so-called Alcatraz Island is more than suitable as an Indian Reservation, as determined by the white man’s own standards.'
https://www.ucpress.edu/blog/56876/the-occupation-of-alcatraz-island-and-environmental-injustice-in-indian-country/
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