GE CLST 20A Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dawes Act, Zitkala-Sa, Heterosexism
27 Nov 2015
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Periods of us history: war and militarization 1492-1860: expensive and post civil war. However, the reservation is a colonial construct. So how is it that we have some to understand the reservation as the space where. How does this become also a part of the legacy of boarding schools. Natives don"t own land, held in trusts from us government. Reservations: place where indians are expected to die. Dawes act: took all surplus land and transferred to incoming immigrants. 2 important things to remember: reservations were created from federal actions, they are intended for the use and occupation of indian people but are usually owned or held in trust by the federal government. Thus, they are settler colonial constructs not native geopolitical structures. Alternate to removal policies (wars too expensive to fight indians) Like other segregationist policies intended to preserve vs exceptionalism. From rehabilitative institutions to institutions of confinement and control. To be off the reservation was a crime.
