In 1969 I received $1700 in exchange for 140 acres of tribal land held in trust by the feds, $500 up front and the rest when I turned 18.
The govt then sold oil and gas leases on this land.
My grandparents and mother suffered horrible abuse from white school teachers and missionaries
My grandmother and mother are still alive.
“My grandparents and mother suffered horrible abuse from white school teachers”
So have I, deadsteve, and I’m lilly white. So have my kids.
Bad people are bad people, now and then. Why didn’t your ‘tribe’ set up their own schools? The Cherokee did in the 1700 & 1800’s. They provided the best education in the nation for the time.
“In 1969 I received $1700 in exchange for 140 acres of tribal land held in trust by the feds, $500 up front and the rest when I turned 18.”
Well, good for you. I’ve never profited from any of the lands my ancestors once inhabited. Never asked for it, wouldn’t take it. I’d be happy to just be able to hang on the the land I bought, but the government is encroaching on that TODAY.
I’m an American first, and no taxpayer of 1969 or 2009 should owe me one cent. My ancestors owned the land outright in Texas by deed, not treaty or allotment and were not allowed any of the mineral rights on it. The injustice WAS real. When does it stop?
You cannot correct injustice with more injustice.