William Bauer (History) presented a paper at the annual conference of the Historians of the Twentieth Century United States. Bauer's paper, "Reclaiming Alcatraz: The Legacies and Continuities of the Alcatraz Occupation, 1971-2021," explored the significance of the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz in light of more recent examples of Indigenous activism, such as the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline and #Landback.