FAQs Welcome to Indian Land is a permanent exhibit in Building 64 on Alcatraz Island. Visitors to the island can explore the exhibit any time during their stay on the island.
While the exhibit is free, you must purchase a ticket to the island. To purchase ferry tickets, visit the Alcatraz City Cruises website. This exhibit uses the terms "Native American," "Indigenous," and "Indian" interchangeably. Many people in this story called themselves "Indians" at that time. The Occupiers also named themselves the "Indians of All Tribes."
Alcatraz Island is a site within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. As referenced in the GGNRA’s Foundation Document, Alcatraz Island is significant partly because of the occupation, which helped ignite the movement for American Indian self-determination. By interpreting this moment in history, the site provides a powerful opportunity to encourage visitors to contemplate their personal views on freedom and civil rights.
Theme 5 of GGNRA's Long Range Interpretive Plan states, "Layers of history within the park challenges us to contemplate the meaning of freedom, justice and equality...the island provides an opportunity to consider the contrasting views on human rights and rehabilitation, as well as civil rights movements and role of political protest." Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a proud member of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. Sites of Conscience enable visitors to make connections between the past struggles and related human rights issues of today. The coalition's goal is to connect past and present to envision a more just and humane future. This exhibit has been funded and managed by the National Park Service (NPS) in partnership with Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (GGNPC).
Exhibit Development Occupiers, their descendants, and allies to the movement have committed their lives to activism. Their words, works, and wisdom are the framework of this exhibit. A special thank you to the individuals who directly participated in the development of the exhibit content:
Adam Fortunate Eagle - Red Lake Ojibwe
Al Miller - Seminole Alan Harrison - Pomo Andrea Longoria - Caddo, Cheyenne Annie Oakes - Pomo April McGil, Pomo - Yuli Belva Cottier - Sicangi Lakota Benayshe Titus - Fallon Paiute-Shoshone, Red Lake Ojibwe Benjamin Bratt - Quechea Bill Lopez - Hoop Bill Sam - Paiute Bill Sherman - Mono Burnell Blindman - Lakota Charlie Dana - Choctaw Corinna Gould - Lisjan Ohlone Darren Laiwa - Covelu David Leach - Colville, Oglala Lakota Earl Livermore - Blackfoot Ed Castillo - Luiseño-Cahuilla Eldy Bratt - Quechea Elijah Oakes - Pomo, Mohawk Eloy Martinez - Southern Ute Elvin Willie - Paiute Fawn Oakes - Pomo, Mohawk Fenicia Ordonez - Spanish, Mexican Ferdinand Shelton - Inuit Gayle Treppa - Pomo Geneva Seaboy - Chippewa, Sioux Gerald Sam - Round Valley Gino Barichello - Mvskoke Grace Thorpe - Sac and Fox Gregg Castro - T’rowt’raahl Salinan, Rumsien-Ramaytush Herb Butler - Athabascan Jerry Hill - Oneida Jim Vaughn - Cherokee Joe Bill - Inuit Joe Morris - Blackfoot John Martel - Cherokee John Trudell - Santee Dakota, Tarahumara, Mexican John Vigil - Pueblo John Whitefox - Sac and Fox Jonathan Cordero - Ramaytush Ohlone Jonny Bearcub - Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Nation Karen Willie Harrison - Pomo, Salt River Paiute Kay Many Horses - Lakota Kris Longoria - Caddo, Cheyenne Lakota Harden - Minnecoujou/Yankton Lakota, HoChunk LaNada War Jack - Shoshone, Bannock Lenny Foster - Diné Leonard Harrison - Pomo, Paiute Linda Aranaydo - Creek Lone Wolf - Blackfoot Loyen Redhawk Gali - Pit River Mary Moppin - Klamath Mead Chibidi - Comanche Mignon Geli - Waray-Illongo Millie Ketcheshawno - Mvskoke Morningstar Gali - Pit River Oohosis - Cree Peggy Lee Ellenwood - Sioux Peter Blue Cloud - Mohawk Peter Bratt - Quechea Ray Spang - Northern Cheyenne Richard McKenzie - Sicangi Lakota Richard Oakes - Mohawk Ricky Evening - Shoshone-Bannock Rosalie McKay-Want - Paiute Ross Harden - Winnebago Shirley Guevara - Dunlap Band of Mono Indians Stella Leach - Colville, Oglala Lakota Susan McKay - Round Valley Susan Tsosie - Yurok Tara Trudell - Santee Dakota, Tarahumara , Xicana Victoria A. Gemmill - Pit River, Wintu, Yana and Athabascan William Ryan - Seminole, Chicksaw Wilma Mankiller - Cherokee Wovoka Trudell - Santee Dakota, Tarahumara, Xicano Yellow Thunder - ? Yvette Feekes - Winnebago Yvonne Oakes - Kashia, Mohawk Brooks Townes
Craig Glassnor Donald MacDonald Ilka Hartmann Lori Brosnan Mary Crowley Mignon Geli Kris “UrbanRezLife” Longoria
Geneva Seaboy Eloy Martinez Victoria A. Gemmill Fawn Oakes Gino Barichello Benayshe Titus Maya Rodriguez, Project Manager & Graphic Designer
Kevin Sayama, Exhibit Designer Russell Nauman, Exhibit Curator Katy Olds, Content Developer Amanda Wiliford, NPS
Angel Garcia, NPS Ashley Borrego, NPS Beverly Cherner, GGNPC Braden Payntor, ICSC Christian Davis, NPS Erika Cooper, NPS Garrett Lee, GGNPC Gordon White, NPS Lisa Summers, GGNPC Michael Faw, NPS Michele Gee, GGNPC Nicki Phelps, GGNPC Oliver Goodman, NPS Sean Kelly, GGNPC Tory Starling, NPS |
Last updated: September 26, 2025