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In 1960, the Air Force established [[Fort Lawton Air Force Station|a radar station at Fort Lawton]]. Additionally, [[Nike (rocket)|Nike]] anti-aircraft missiles and Air Force radars were in use at Fort Lawton, but in 1968 the site was rejected for proposed defense upgrades.{{Cn|date=January 2022}}
===Native American occupation===
In 1970, the fort was occupied for three weeks{{cn|date=August 2023}} in March by a group of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], led by [[Bernie Whitebear]], [[Ella Aquino]], and [[Ramona Bennett]], asserting that the Native Americans had claim to the land that was surplus to requirements.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Parham |first1=Vera |title=Pan-Tribal Activism in the Pacific Northwest: The Power of Indigenous Protest and the Birth of Daybreak Star Cultural Center |date=2017 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=978-1-4985-5952-2 |pages=18–19, 50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQRBDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Ella+Aquino%22&pg=PA19 |language=en}}</ref><ref>Lossom Allen, [http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/FtLawton_takeover.htm "By Right of Discovery: United Indians of All Tribes Retakes Fort Lawton, 1970"], Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, Fall 2005. Accessed 3 March 2018.</ref> The Native Americans succeeded in garnering 40 acres of land and the establishment of the [[Daybreak Star Cultural Center]], but {{convert|534|acre|km2}} of the land was declared surplus by the Army in 1971. The property was transferred back to the city in 1972, and dedicated as [[Discovery Park (Seattle)|Discovery Park]] in 1973.<ref>Duane Colt Denfeld, [http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8772 "Fort Lawton to Discovery Park"], HistoryLink.org Essay 8772, 23 September 2008. Accessed 2 April 2010.</ref>
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