To dramatize the Indians' plight, American Indian Movement activists

a. kidnapped the chief of police of Los Angeles and threatened to "scalp" him.
b. gave whites bogus tickets for a one-way boat ride to go back to Europe.
c. burned replicas of treaties between Indians and the federal government.
d. seized Alcatraz Island and demanded to use it as a cultural center.


ANSWER: d

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