Theft of Tribal Lands

This ascendancy and its accompanying tragedy were exposed in a report written in 1924 by Lakota activist Zitkala-Sa, a.k.a. Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and others. The report, entitled Oklahoma’s Poor Rich Indians: An Orgy of Graft and Exploitation of the Five Civilized Tribes – Legalized Robbery, is a narrative of the most venal exposition of legalized land robbery in U.S. history.

 

A memorial to the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889, when lands promised to the Muscogee Nation and the Seminole Nation were open to settlement to non-Indians. Photo: mike krzeszak

Oil boom = theft boom

And the more money a Native had, the more vulnerable they were in court. This was particularly true if oil land was involved.

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