The New Urban Tribe (1971)

How the Alcatraz Occupation (1969-71) provided inspiration for Native Americans to relocate to the Bay Area. It also examines how they are working to establish new lives and preserve their cultural heritage. Includes interviews with: John Trudell (Sioux); Lee Sclar (Indian Legal Services); Mark Whitebull (Sioux); Earl Livermore (Blackfeet); Justine Moppin (Klamath-Modoc-Mono); Belva Cottier (Lakota-Sioux); Grace Thorpe (Sac & Fox); David Risling (Hoopa); Phil Whitehawk (Cherokee) and Ladonna Harris (Comanche). Features views of the San Francisco Indian Center, a pow wow (with Adam Fortunate Eagle), the Inter Tribal Friendship House in Oakland, D-Q University and an Indian Festival at the Palace of Fine Arts. Also considered are issues of Native American health problems (at the time their average life expectancy was 44), ecological awareness and initiatives to reclaim surplus Federal land.