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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my dream world is full state repression on social media. the (socialist ofc) state should require you to link an irl ID to your accounts on every website, and if you post nazi shit or a comment as bad faith as the ones destiny fans make you should be put to death
(this idea is honestly mostly inspired by destiny fans, i hate every single one of those “people” so fucking much it is insane, i’d rather be cursed to deal with chuds revving their engines while im peacefully walking on a sidewalk* every day for the rest of my life than have to read one more comment thats the absolute worst dogshit ever written since mein kampf)
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to give the full gravity of what i mean by this, whenever im walking on a sidewalk and someone revs their totally epic (k*** ******** if you think its actually epic to do this) engine while i’m walking on the sidewalk, i normally launch into a rant how i think i should be legally allowed to pull out a machine gun and mow them down for doing that to me if im walking with someone i know or am on the phone. i am only half joking btw, i fucking hate those selfish fuckers so much i get it makes you feel super duper cool or something but like also consider you are a public nuisance on the same level as a naked person screeching like a banshee as they sprint through a neighborhood.; I’d almost rather deal with cops, thats how much i hate you fuckers who like to rev your engines