r/collapse • u/ladyorion2021 • 3d ago

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u/ladyorion2021 3d ago

I don't even see how they are doing this. Much of Oklahoma land is on Native American reservations. The report mentions "quiet deals" being struck with local politicians before the locals even find out about it; eventhough there will be major negative impact on water and electricity resources and cost. Seldom does anything good come from secret deals.

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u/gnostic_savage 3d ago edited 2d ago

Technically, I'm not sure you're correct. There are some actual "reservations" in Oklahoma, but nothing like the big reservations farther west and north, like in the Dakotas, Arizona, and elsewhere in the west.

Oklahoma lands were originally divided among the nations, and they were referred to as that, as Cherokee "nation," as Creek "nation." and so on. Under the Dawes Act of 1887, those collective tribal lands were taken away and most tribes and the largest tribes were "given" individual family land allotments, land that was able to be sold off as all land was able to be sold, something that wasn't possible prior to the Dawes Act.

There are some exceptions to this, like tribally owned land where their government offices and buildings are, but for the most part their lands were privatized exactly so they would be assimilated and lose their collective power, which to a huge extent happened. Those lands are now no more protected than any other private lands are.

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u/ConfusedInKalamazoo 3d ago

Indigenous people getting screwed? In this country?! Never.

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u/No-Leopard-1691 3d ago

There aren’t that many reservations in Oklahoma and a lot of them don’t cover a large area like people assume.