A weeping George Gillette in 1940, witnessing the forced sale of 155,000 acres of land
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jasonmon
· 5 years ago
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From Reddit: "A weeping George Gillette in 1940, witnessing the forced sale of 155,000 acres of land for the Garrison Dam and Reservoir, dislocating more than 900 Native American families"
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iccarus
· 5 years ago
and "“We will sign this contract with a heavy heart … With a few scratches of the pen, we will sell the best part of our reservation. Right now the future doesn’t look too good to us.” —George Gillette, chairman of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, 1948.
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the_grinch
· 5 years ago
Why were they forced to sell?
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jasonmon
· 5 years ago
As far as I understand, the US gave the Native Americans a reservation and said it was theirs forever. Then the US realized they could use more of the land to make a reservoir and took it from them, including a whole settlement, and proceeded to flood it all.
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iccarus
· 5 years ago
was for a dam, they had no choice, what te US government wants they get, if you don't give, you become an enemy and they will take
funkmasterrex
· 5 years ago
Eminent domain.
