example of the lands lost due to the dawes act
The Dawes Act of 1887 was a post-Indian Wars law that illegally dissolved 90 million acres of Native lands from 1887 to 1934. Signed into law by President Grover Cleveland on February 8, 1887, the Dawes Act expedited the cultural genocide of Native Americans. The negative effects of the Dawes Act on Indigenous tribes would result in the enactment of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, the so-called “Indian New Deal.”
It authorized the U.S. to divide indigenous tribal land into allotments for heads of families and individuals, leading to a loss of 2/3rds of land (~100 million acres) over the next 50 years.
The law converted traditional systems of land tenure into a state-imposed system of private property by forcing Native Americans to "assume a capitalist and proprietary relationship with property" that did not previously exist in their cultures, according to historian Kent Blansett. The act declared remaining lands after allotment as "surplus" and available for sale, including to non-Natives.
Between 1887 and 1934, indigenous people lost control of about 100 million acres of land, or about two-thirds of the land base they held in 1887, as a result of the act.
The loss of land and the break-up of traditional leadership of tribes had such devastating consequences that many scholars refer to the Dawes Act as one of the most destructive U.S. policies for indigenous people in history.
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Is the issue that you think the headline statement is wrong, or that comparing it to russiagate implies its entirely a fake issue/distraction from the real issues?
because I do think suing an agency that doesn't even legally exist in GOP dominated courts is a waste of time, but not because the shit musk and his lackeys are doing isn't deadly serious, it absolutely is
I think the comparison to russiagate is stupid, as is the insistence that just because a fight is unlikely to yield a result it isn’t worth trying. At the very least as a long term mobilization tactic fighting against the destruction of public institutions by private interests is both more morally justified and has bigger reach than russiagate stuff.
Okay I went and read the full piece and his criticisms are weaker than I expected and not quite what I imagined them to be. I agree with him that there's a resemblance to prior dem "lets see donny wriggle his way out of this one" court strategies that didn't and likely won't work (but are still worth doing in the background to delay and obstruct), and I also think he's right that focusing on procedural minutiae in messaging to the public is not going to win anyone over (but of course it's necessary to use those details in court), but he also presents the whole argument it in a way that is a bit less hostile to doge than I expected from him. Like the dems are bungling this but the comparison to russiagate is kinda inappropriate yeah
I think he’s courting more of a right wing audience. I don’t think it’s changing what he’s covering and how too much, but there’s a shift in tone. It’s really odd.