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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 β€œIndian 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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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

Angela Collier video about the movie Titanic is up and it reminded me of something that I may have posted here before, but here it is again.

So you may have seen articles on clickbait sites, they seem to pop up perennial about a wrap party for Titanic where someone spiked the chowder with PCP.

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/titanic-crew-members-drugged-pcp-clam-chowder-1235465618/

I'm 90% sure it was my high school film teacher who did it. He worked on the movie with that unit and was for sure the kind of guy who would have done it at the time. He had major Teacher Who Comes in Stoned vibes. He taught film, multimedia and drama and knew my at the time partner's multi-gen hippie family who I got weed and acid from the gen x members. Hes has a Bob from the Church of Subgenius tattoo. It was him.