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The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 18

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San Francisco, California
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Figt 18 Section A ftft it ft S. F. Sunday Examiner Chronicle, November 23, 1 969 Foggy Sea Blockade Strands Alcatraz Indians A 0 leave Alcatraz but the Coast Guard refused to allow them to board the launch or allow civilian vessels close enough to pick up passengers. Friday night a motorized sloop from Sausalito brought food to the island but yester-1 day it was turned away. From a pole at dockside flew the Red Power flag depicting a broken peace pipe and a Watch TV Water and electricity were still functioning and a group of the demonstrators sDent A 1 v.

VB11 From Page 1 the day huddled around fires, cooking turkey for a feast "don't call it Thanksgiving" one Indian cautioned or watching the boats maneuver in the fog. All seemed in good spirits, including at least four children who played hide-and-seek in the tiny cell-blocks where the federal government had once disciplined its most unruly prisoners. One youngster Denyon Means, 2, known to the Indians as the Alcatraz Kid needed a baby bottle, according to his mother LaNada Means of San Francisco. Otherwise the children seemed to be enjoying the holiday. Three of the Indians students like many of the other demonstrators wanted to Oakes, who has acted as leader of the invaders.

"We are not just children or wards of the state. "What we are seeking as Indians is a real meaning in life, a challenge." 'Respect Ourselves' Oakes, a husky young man with thick black hair, paused for a moment and looked out at the foggy bay. "This is a technological age," he said, "but Indians are more down to earth. We respect technology but we have a greater respect for what we have ourselves and this is what we are trying to build here. "We will talk to (Interior Secretary Walter) Hickel, but only if he comes out here.

We won't talk to him on the telephone if he calls arid won't talk with a middle-man. the early afternoon watching the Michigan-Ohio State foot Ilk ball game on television. Others played Softball or wiled away the time tossing a Frisbee, "The government is going to have to realize we mean business," said Richard COAST GUARD LAUNCH BLOCKADES INDIANS ON ALCATRAZ COOKING SUPPER ON THE ROCK Indian maiden ladles out guess potatoes Invading brave (left) can't get off island, other Indians can't land on it Examiner Photo Examirmr Photo nn rr nn nfri DRUM 4 SMPMt BOSS'S 07GKV II C3 B3 C3 i a sun. fop 'u'CdgoG" ft 3 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA J))t PcarlvicEi cabinot makers collection TRADITIONAL STYLE HAMPER low Monthly Paymenti Too beautiful to be hidden! Molded polypropylene looks and feels like fine carved wood that is waterproof, mildew-proof and unaffected by temperature and humidity. wo-burton tufted top and fully ventilated back.

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