The photograph in this poster was taken during the 34-day siege by the Menominee Warrior Society of the Alexian Brothers’ Novitiate, an abandoned Catholic monastery in Gresham, Wisconsin. Inspired by similar acts of resistance at Wounded Knee and Alcatraz, the Menominee forcibly took over the space on New Year’s Day in 1975, demanding that the 64-room building be turned into a hospital or school for their people. The occupation followed a failed effort at forced assimilation by the U.S. government. In 1961, Congress had terminated the Menominees’ sovereign status, believing that their successful timber industry made them “ready for mainstream culture” and able to sustain themselves. The results were catastrophic: poverty soared, the government sold part of the land, public services like utilities and schools collapsed, and the only local hospital was forced to close. Led by organizers including Ada Deer (Menominee), later Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, the Menominee fought back with activism and legal challenges. As a result of their persistence, President Richard Nixon signed legislation on December 22, 1973, that restored federal recognition to the tribe. The monastery occupation further forced the Catholic Church to transfer that property to the Menominee Nation for “$1 and other considerations.” By 1976, when this poster was published, the tribe had ratified a new constitution.