The “Alcatraz Proclamation (1969)” uses satire in many ways. The Indians use it to ridicule white people, mock them and use irony to have a better chance in gaining the island. In one way they use satire to mock the ways of the white man and make them feel bad for what our ancestors did. First, when purchasing the island they said that they will give “twenty-four dollars in glass beads and red cloth”. The white people bought an island from them 300 years ago with that amount of money, however that was a long time ago. Times have changed since, and things have gone up price. Also, they act as if they are being generous; “Our offer of $1.24 per acre is greater than the $0.47 per acre the white men are now paying the California Indians for their
