Last night I have watch this movie, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film) on ASTRO...So after seeing the White-men (Colonists) had done land grabbing and atrocities on native land owners, I felt sorry for the Native Red Indians.... Now, Myanmar Military is grabbing land from farmers....same tactics...No massacres (except in Muslim areas)...but without or minimal compensation. The assassination of Sitting Bull and the massacre of nearly 200 Indian men, women and children by the 7th Cavalry at Wounded Knee Creek on December 29, 1890 ended such hopes. Henry L. Dawes wanted to increase the cultural assimilation of Native Americans into American society by his Dawes Act (1887) and his later efforts as head of the Dawes Commission. During the 47 years of implementing the Act, Native Americans lost about 90 million acres (360,000 km²) of treaty land, or about two-thirds of their 1887 land base. About 90,000 Indians were made landless. The Implementation of the Dawes Act disrupted Native American tribes communal life, culture, and unity.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 03:51:16 +0000
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