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.READ: The plunder, pillage, and robbery of the Five Tribes of Eastern Oklahoma
https://indianz.com/News/2024/08/28/albert-bender-the-theft-of-tribal-land-in-oklahoma/
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