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{{Important}}{{Evil Organization|name=Bureau of Indian Affairs|Image= | {{Important}}{{Evil Organization|name=Bureau of Indian Affairs|Image=BIA.png|fullname=Office of Indian Affairs (formerly)<br>Bureau of Indian Affairs|alias=BIA<br>Bossing Indians Around<br>Apples|origin=United States|foundation=March 11, 1824|headquarters=Washington D.C., United States|goals=Assimilate Native Americans into western culture (ongoing).|crimes=Institutionalized oppression<br>Abuse of power<br>Cultural [[genocide]]<br>Forced assimilation<br>Mass [[kidnapping]]<br>[[Censorship]]<br>[[Hate Speech]]<br>[[Anti-Native American Sentiment]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>Racial segregation<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Police brutality]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>Blackmail}}{{Quote|When the bureau approaches tribal leaders for support on an issue, it may be an offer they cannot refuse. The agency has so much discretion in the allocation of funds, authorization of tribal programs, and development of reservation resources, that it can if it chooses hold up on any one of a number of actions beneficial to a tribe until it agrees to pay a ransom in the form of public support. It is like the warden asking his prisoners to say good things to the inspection committee. The power of the agency to reward and punish cooperation deprives the tribes of any free choice in the matter.|Russel Lawrence Barsh and James Youngblood Henderson, ''The Road: Indian Tribes and Political Liberty''}} | ||
The '''Bureau of Indian Affairs''' ('''BIA''') is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. It regulates the affairs of Native American nations in the United States and is responsible for many human rights violations of Native Americans living on reservations. The BIA has been characterized by some as one of the United States' most grossly irresponsible federal agencies. | The '''Bureau of Indian Affairs''' ('''BIA''') is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. It regulates the affairs of Native American nations in the United States and is responsible for many human rights violations of Native Americans living on reservations. The BIA has been characterized by some as one of the United States' most grossly irresponsible federal agencies. | ||
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To this day, Native Americans are left as disadvantaged on their own lands due to a racist stigma theory projected by the BIA that portrays Amerindians as wards who are incapable of managing their own lands as well as being primitive socialists with no understanding of property rights, as their cultures are viewed as incompatible with market institutions. In addition, the 56 million acres of land on Native American reservations are held in trust by the federal government, which deprives the reservation residents of their rights to control their property, thus leaving many reservations in a state of poverty. | To this day, Native Americans are left as disadvantaged on their own lands due to a racist stigma theory projected by the BIA that portrays Amerindians as wards who are incapable of managing their own lands as well as being primitive socialists with no understanding of property rights, as their cultures are viewed as incompatible with market institutions. In addition, the 56 million acres of land on Native American reservations are held in trust by the federal government, which deprives the reservation residents of their rights to control their property, thus leaving many reservations in a state of poverty. | ||
The BIA also uses a | The BIA also uses a eugenics policy known as [[blood quantum]] to define a person's native identity based on the degree of their native ancestry, which is an effective way to destroy indigenous communities based on race. | ||
== Events == | == Events == | ||
{{Quote|When dealing with savage men, as with savage beasts, no question of national honor can arise.|[[Francis A. Walker]], Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1871-1872}} | {{Quote|When dealing with savage men, as with savage beasts, no question of national honor can arise.|[[Francis A. Walker]], Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1871-1872}} | ||
On March 11, 1824, the Indian Office was established under the War Department by Secretary of State | On March 11, 1824, the Indian Office was established under the War Department by Secretary of State John C. Calhoun to administer the relations between Native American tribes and the U.S. Government before it was eventually moved to the newly-created Department of the Interior in 1849. The BIA was responsible for the mass deportations of American Indians as well as the establishment of reservations to make space for farming for white settlers. | ||
When Lakota chief Sitting Bull and his tribe participated in a religious movement known as the "Ghost Dance" in an attempt to restore peace with Native Americans and remove the white settlers from their land, the BIA sent Indian agents led by Lieutenant [[Henry Bullhead]] to arrest Sitting Bull. When the chief refused to comply, his warriors came to his aid and attacked the officers, which led to the assassination of Sitting Bull. After Colonel [[James W. Forsyth]] orchestrated the [[Wounded Knee Massacre]] to crush the Ghost Dance uprising, the BIA portrayed the massacre as a battle and President [[Benjamin Harrison]] awarded 20 of the soldiers Medals of Honor. | When Lakota chief Sitting Bull and his tribe participated in a religious movement known as the "Ghost Dance" in an attempt to restore peace with Native Americans and remove the white settlers from their land, the BIA sent Indian agents led by Lieutenant [[Henry Bullhead]] to arrest Sitting Bull. When the chief refused to comply, his warriors came to his aid and attacked the officers, which led to the assassination of Sitting Bull. After Colonel [[James W. Forsyth]] orchestrated the [[Wounded Knee Massacre]] to crush the Ghost Dance uprising, the BIA portrayed the massacre as a battle and President [[Benjamin Harrison]] awarded 20 of the soldiers Medals of Honor. | ||
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In 1997, when Principal Chief [[Joe Byrd]] ordered the illegal impeachment of the justice system of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, the BIA recklessly and illegally intervened to assume control of the political affairs of the Cherokee Nation and they remained in place until Byrd lost the election to Chad "Corntassel" Smith in 1999. | In 1997, when Principal Chief [[Joe Byrd]] ordered the illegal impeachment of the justice system of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, the BIA recklessly and illegally intervened to assume control of the political affairs of the Cherokee Nation and they remained in place until Byrd lost the election to Chad "Corntassel" Smith in 1999. | ||
In 2007, when human rights activist Russell Means proposed that the Lakota nation should be recognized as an independent country, the withdrawal was turned down by a BIA bureaucrat named Gary Garrison, who argued that the withdrawal "doesn't mean anything" and stated that the tribal governments would inevitably violate the peoples' rights. | In 2007, when human rights activist Russell Means proposed that the Lakota nation should be recognized as an independent country, the withdrawal was turned down by a BIA bureaucrat named Gary Garrison, who argued that the withdrawal "doesn't mean anything" and stated that the tribal governments would inevitably violate the peoples' rights. | ||
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*The BIA played a major role in the [[American Indian Wars]] during the 1800's, as well as the [[Amerindian Genocide]] in the United States. | *The BIA played a major role in the [[American Indian Wars]] during the 1800's, as well as the [[Amerindian Genocide]] in the United States. | ||
* Some of the residents living on the Native American reservations have referred to the indigenous employees working for the BIA as "apples", as they're considered "red on the outside and white on the inside". | * Some of the residents living on the Native American reservations have referred to the indigenous employees working for the BIA as "apples", as they're considered "red on the outside and white on the inside". | ||
* Some critics have compared the reservation system to the [[Jim Crow laws]] that suppressed African-Americans in the South and the [[concentration camp]]s under the [[Nazi Party|Nazi]] regime. | * Some critics have compared the reservation system to the "[[Jim Crow laws|Jim Crow]]" system that suppressed African-Americans in the South and the [[concentration camp]]s under the [[Nazi Party|Nazi]] regime. | ||
[[Category:Criminals]] | [[Category:Criminals]] | ||