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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* The BIA played a major role in the [[American Indian Wars]] during the 1800's. | |||
* 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 "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 "red on the outside and white on the inside". | ||
* Some critics have compared the reservation system to the "[[Jim Crow]]" system that suppressed African-Americans in the South and the concentration camps under the [[Nazi Party|Nazi]] regime. | * Some critics have compared the reservation system to the "[[Jim Crow]]" system that suppressed African-Americans in the South and the concentration camps under the [[Nazi Party|Nazi]] regime. | ||