In the late 1800s, 19 Hopi Indian men were imprisoned at Alcatraz because they refused to send their children to government mandated boarding schools. Schools that were not designed to teach but to purge them of their native identity and create leverage to control the parents while they held their kids. Man, another yucky part of American history.

We were on the island a couple hours. You could easily spend a couple more if you want to read everything, hear all the talks, and take in all the views. Something to do again sometime.