Thanksgiving Sunrise Celebration on Alcatraz
The International Indian Treaty Council presents Indigenous Peoples’ Annual Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Ohlone Territory, on Thursday, November 26, 2015.
Thanksgiving Sunrise Celebration
Thursday, November 26, 2015 | 4am to 9am
Alcatraz Island, San Francisco
FREE but you’ll need a boat ticket to get to Alcatraz
Tickets to Alcatraz are $14 for adults and free for children under 5. The Pier 33 ticket office opens at 4:15 am, boats run from 4:45-6 am.
There will be presenters on current and past Indigenous Peoples’ struggles to defend human rights, sovereignty, Treaties, sacred sites and traditional lands, plus drummers, and dancers. The event commemorates 523 years of Indigenous resistance, honoring our ancestors and future generations, as well as IITC’s 41 years of work for the rights and recognition of Indigenous Peoples, 1974 – 2015.
2015 Highlights
- Ohlone Welcome – Ann Marie Sayers , All Nations Drum, Pinoleville Youth Pomo Dancers
- Leonard “Lenny” Foster (Diné)
- Radley Davis (Pit River Nation)
- Faith Gemmill, (Pit River/ Wintu and Neets’aii Gwich’in)
- Wendsler Nosie Sr., Peridot district councilman and former chair of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and Caravan from Oak Flat Resistance Camp
- Māori Mo Ake Tonu –Maori Forever Performing Arts
- Special performance by Nataanii means/Witko/MC Rhetorik
Wheelchair accessible. Absolutely no drugs or alcohol of any kind. Smoking only in designated areas. No sales permitted.
