The primary argument of this piece is to make a statement to everyone and the government on how Native Americans were treated and still are treated. When the Native American say, “this tiny island would be a symbol of the great lands once ruled by free and noble Indians”, is an example of the point that the Native American are trying to make to the white fathers and his people. They are showing that before they were kicked out of their land and treated horribly, they were once free. Ordinary people and giants tie into the Alcatraz Proclamation very well. The Native Americans were facing many giants through the time there land was taken from them. They faced a lot of inequality; the white men saw them as savages and not just regular people,
