If you want to know why American Indians, have the highest rates of poverty of any racial group, why suicide is the leading cause of death among Indian men, why native women are, two and a half times more, likely to be raped than the national average and why gang, violence affects American Indian youth more, than any other group, do not look to history. There is no doubt, that white settlers, devastated Indian communities in the 19th, and early 20th...

Explores what led Native Americans to stage an occupation of Alcatraz and how the standoff with the federal government ended. Also how this event inspired other Native American activists around the country to lead their own demonstrations and fight for American Indians rights.