February 11, 1978 - Native Americans began The Longest Walk, a march from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay to Washington, D.C.

The Walk was intended to be a reminder of the forced removal of American Indians from their homelands across the continent, and drew attention to the continuing problems plaguing the Indian community, particularly joblessness, lack of health care, education and adequate housing.

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July 15, 1978 - The Longest Walk, a peaceful transcontinental trek for Native American justice, which had begun with a few hundred departing Alcatraz Island, California, ended this day when they arrived in Washington, D.C. accompanied by 30,000 marchers.

They were calling attention to the ongoing problems plaguing Indian communities throughout the Americas: lack of jobs, housing, health care, as well as dozens of pieces of legislation before Congress canceling treaty obligations of the U.S. government toward various Indian tribes. They submitted petitions signed by one-and-a-half million Americans to President Jimmy Carter.

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February 11, 1978 - Native Americans began The Longest Walk, a march from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay to Washington, D.C.

The Walk was intended to be a reminder of the forced removal of American Indians from their homelands across the continent, and drew attention to the continuing problems plaguing the Indian community, particularly joblessness, lack of health care, education and adequate housing.

#TheLongestWalk

February 11, 1978 - Native Americans began The Longest Walk, a march from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay to Washington, D.C.

The Walk was intended to be a reminder of the forced removal of American Indians from their homelands across the continent, and drew attention to the continuing problems plaguing the Indian community, particularly joblessness, lack of health care, education and adequate housing.

#TheLongestWalk