Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

December 20, 2013

Bad Bear's Photos: Longest Walk 4 Final Day Walking to Alcatraz



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Photos by Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson. The final day of the five month walk to Alcatraz. On Saturday, Dec. 21, walkers arrive on Alcatraz. On Dec. 22, a Sovereignty Gathering will be held at the Inter-tribal Friendship House in Oakland.

Longest Walk in San Francisco
December 21- The Walk will start at 5:00 AM sharp from the Marin Vista Point of the Golden Gate Bride. From there it will make its way down to Chrissy Field, at Fort Mason it will go up to Bay Street and down Bay Street to Pier 33. The special ferry will leave at 8:20 AM sharp.

December 22- There will be a Gathering at the Intertribal Friendship House in Oakland, CA starting at 10:00AM. There will be a drafting of a Declaration reaffirming the 1978 The Longest Walk Manifesto and supplementing with a Reaffirmation of Indigenous Sovereignty. From 1:00 PM there will be a joint Celebration and Dinner for the Walk and for the Honoring of Bill Wahpepah.


Update: Bad Bear's photos: Walk arrives on Alcatraz
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/12/bad-bears-photos-longest-walk-4-arrives.html

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