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The US Government's Oppression of Native American Land and the Implementation of the Dawes Act
07:57 - 13:07 (05:10)
The US government implemented the Dawes Act in 1887, which allowed for the splitting of native reservation land into individual allotments. This resulted in natives being paid for their land, which effectively stripped them of their land altogether and is reminiscent of concentration camps.
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Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act proposed to acquire lands occupied by Native Americans and send them to new lands at the expense of the United States.
07:57 - 08:51 (00:53)
Summary
Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act proposed to acquire lands occupied by Native Americans and send them to new lands at the expense of the United States. Despite his eloquence, his policy was cruel and sought to displace Native Americans from their ancestral lands.
ChapterThe US Government's Oppression of Native American Land and the Implementation of the Dawes Act
EpisodeConcentration Camps Are Back, So Let's Talk About Their History
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Andrew Jackson delivered speeches where he exhibited blatant racism towards Native Americans, stating that they were not intelligent enough to have any land in America and must necessarily yield to the force of circumstances and disappear.
08:51 - 09:58 (01:06)
Summary
Andrew Jackson delivered speeches where he exhibited blatant racism towards Native Americans, stating that they were not intelligent enough to have any land in America and must necessarily yield to the force of circumstances and disappear.
ChapterThe US Government's Oppression of Native American Land and the Implementation of the Dawes Act
EpisodeConcentration Camps Are Back, So Let's Talk About Their History
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The US government enacted the Dawes act in 1887, splitting Native American reservation land into individual allotments that could be sold to white people, effectively taking away their land.
09:58 - 12:20 (02:22)
Summary
The US government enacted the Dawes act in 1887, splitting Native American reservation land into individual allotments that could be sold to white people, effectively taking away their land. The policy had some aspects of a concentration camp and was the government's way of removing Native Americans from the land that they wanted to take over.
ChapterThe US Government's Oppression of Native American Land and the Implementation of the Dawes Act
EpisodeConcentration Camps Are Back, So Let's Talk About Their History
PodcastBehind the Bastards
This episode narrates a brief history of Don Valeriano Wailer in Nicolao, who was born on the Island of Majorca and enlisted in the Toledo Military Academy despite being below the Spanish military's minimum height requirements.
12:20 - 13:07 (00:46)
Summary
This episode narrates a brief history of Don Valeriano Wailer in Nicolao, who was born on the Island of Majorca and enlisted in the Toledo Military Academy despite being below the Spanish military's minimum height requirements.