Grace Thorpe provided an ambulance service for this event, which began to falter after Richard Oakes’s daughter Yvonne died from a fall. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this 1969 event organized by LaNeda Means and John Trudell in which the Indians of All Tribes partly swam to an island to reclaim it by discovery.
ANSWER: the Occupation of Alcatraz [accept word forms indicating occupying Alcatraz; accept anything Native American involving holding or takeover of Alcatraz; accept third occupation of Alcatraz or 1969 occupation of Alcatraz; prompt on Alcatraz]
[10m] The occupation was justified by an 1868 treaty named for this location that was the subject of a 1980 lawsuit over stolen tribal sovereignty. This Wyoming fort began as a junction for the Mormon and Oregon trails.
ANSWER: Fort Laramie [accept the Treaty of Fort Laramie]
[10e] Thorpe also took part in the occupation of Fort Lawton in this city. This city is named for a Suquamish chief and is home to the Space Needle.
ANSWER: Seattle
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