Ed Willie in the Dining Hall

My brother Ed Willie in the Dining Hall, Main Cell Block, Alcatraz Island, November 1969 during the Indian Occupation. Our first assignment on the Rock was to assist Peter Blue Cloud in the Kitchen Detail...which meant stocking supplies and assisting with the daily meals.

Life on the Rez

Elvin Jr and Elvin Sr and Grandpa James X in the two room house we used to live in Schurz, Walker River Paiute Indian Reservation. Me and my sibs were there around 1966 or so...lol. 3 years later in 1969 we were on the Rock. Now the house is all lonesome..boo Life on the rez with no running water, no phone, no bathroom except an Out House...Alcatraz was just like life on the rez...tru story.

The boat ride to Alcatraz

Here's two of my lil sisters, Lisa and Linda riding the boat to Alcatraz during the Indian Occupation. I sure do miss those days.

Bonafide

Island resident #049....card carrying Indian all over again....lol

Jerry Hatch, Island Security chief, my uncle Vernon Conway in the background was on the Island Council. John Jiminez is in the glasses. This pic was taken in the guards' family apartments (1970-Alcatraz Indian Occupation)

Life on the Rock: Prison Industry Building (1970)

The prison laundry building. Here's where me and my brother along with our friend Ralph used old laundry carts and dollies to build go-carts that we'd race down the steep slopes of the Island. We had a ton of fun.

Outside the Yard (1970)