“We’re not going to quit. We’ve been moved twice and we’re tired, but we are going to keep on plugging because we want someone to listen to us.”
“We’re talking about our right to live, our right to be people and this is how they respond. It shows that their attitude toward us has not changed.”
“They’ve responded with shows of force. They’re trying to intimidate us, but we’re not going to be intimidated. They’ve always dealt with us with a show of force. We don’t want to get hurt but we’re not afraid of that. We’ll be back. America hasn’t heard the last of its Indians and that’s definite until some active, positive steps have been taken to relieve the conditions we’re talking about.”
“We need the copper to support ourselves. We claimed the island as our own, just as they claimed this country and we had a right to the resources.” – On copper being removed from Alcatraz and three individuals being charged with stealing.
SOURCE: New York Times