Alcatraz Canoe Journey

To honor and carry forward the spirit of the 1969 Alcatraz Occupation 50 years on.

[Alcatraz Canoe Journey @AlcatrazJourney]

Alcatraz is not an island. It’s an idea.

Our vision, in @nytimes:
https://t.co/Icw169ml1p

[Open Space @Open_Space]

Thank you to our spring 2021 columnists in residence!

Alcatraz Canoe Journey Committee (@AlcatrazJourney),
Hope Mohr & Emilianna Vazquez. Links to all of their works here:

https://t.co/6GnVCzSW11

[Open Space @Open_Space]

The Alcatraz Canoe Journey Committee began its OS residency with "2019: Sunrise" -- you can find all three columns here, along with more information about the collective's members: https://t.co/ZeR92fEzu1

[Open Space @Open_Space]

"The nation needed a reminder of its underlying power, beauty, and resilience."

Alcatraz Canoe Journey Committee (@AlcatrazJourney) concludes its OS residency (for now!) with "2044: Possibility":

https://t.co/qBkaGUij51

[Open Space @Open_Space]

"Dawn again, and another strong wind blowing off the water. But all those souls? The souls of the prisoners? I don’t think they were trapped on the island anymore."

-Alcatraz Canoe Journey Committee (@AlcatrazJourney)

https://t.co/z6clW4kJKZ

[Alcatraz Canoe Journey @AlcatrazJourney]

"We brought Canoe Journey to Alcatraz and the Bay so people would know the history of the island, how it is the birthplace of the modern Indigenous rights movement. We did it hoping more good things would come for our people and the planet" https://t.co/C3Vcp84GYf

[Julian Brave NoiseCat @jnoisecat]

The latest from @AlcatrazJourney in @Open_Space is the first of a trio of creative vignettes imagining the Alcatraz Canoe Journey from the future perspective of Committee Member Manny Lieras's daughter, Joni:

[Open Space @Open_Space]

"We brought Canoe Journey to Alcatraz and the Bay so people would know the history of the island, how it is the birthplace of the modern Indigenous rights movement."

@AlcatrazJourney's first column is up!

https://t.co/yooePYiTTO

[Open Space @Open_Space]

We previously worked with members of @AlcatrazJourney for the 13th issue of our magazine, "Alcatraz Is Not an Island," which was guest edited by @jnoisecat & LaNada War Jack:

https://t.co/jgch1ZBjx5

[ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover @NASAPersevere]

I’m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere.

#CountdownToMars

[Open Space @Open_Space]

For "Now and Then," we asked contributors to previous magazine issues to revisit those works. Last year, Julian Brave NoiseCat was co-guest editor for the 13th issue, "Alcatraz Is Not an Island." Now he looks back with "Occupy Alcatraz":

https://t.co/y4rB7esNGo

[Open Space @Open_Space]

A year ago today we published "In Liberation's Wake," Marissa Leshnov's gorgeous, powerful photo essay of the Alcatraz Canoe Journey, which honored the fiftieth anniversary of the 1969 occupation led by Indians of All Tribes:

https://t.co/rzBqhBeyW2

[Alcatraz Canoe Journey @AlcatrazJourney]

Occupied Canoe Family Pull Together https://t.co/YmEQD65c8G

[Alcatraz Canoe Journey @AlcatrazJourney]

Occupied Canoe Family Pull Together https://t.co/YmEQD65c8G

[Julian Brave NoiseCat @jnoisecat]

One year ago today, @AlcatrazJourney organized a paddle around Alcatraz Island to honor the Alcatraz Occupation 50 years on:
https://t.co/Pw1dtVASVD

[Teen Vogue @TeenVogue]

"There have always been indigenous peoples in the spaces we call home, and there always will be." https://t.co/i2x6MWrwDH

[Julian Brave NoiseCat @jnoisecat]

Two years ago today, the @AlcatrazJourney family paddled to Puyallup territory in Washington to ask permission to bring a canoe journey down to San Francisco Bay for the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Alcatraz Occupation:
https://t.co/kFsl0KYXdJ

[Open Space @Open_Space]

"Alcatraz Is Not an Island," concludes w/thoughts from co-editor @jnoisecat:

https://t.co/oGMq8RPEfZ

"When the canoe journey finally came to fruition, it read to most simply as a cultural celebration. But it was actually more of a direct action or performance art piece."

[Julian Brave NoiseCat @jnoisecat]

I conclude our @AlcatrazJourney & @Open_Space special issue “Alcatraz is Not an Island” with some reflections on the journey and why, fifty years later, the spirit of the occupation must live on.
https://t.co/fIgarySzS6

[Julian Brave NoiseCat @jnoisecat]

Sunrise ceremony on Alcatraz Island, fifty years after the occupation.

[Alice Woelfle 🐑 @turfstarwolf]

'We're Still Here': After 50 Years The Indigenous Occupation Of Alcatraz Still Resonates https://t.co/Zd62BwwXNx @KQEDnews @jnoisecat @AlcatrazJourney