Bureau of Indian Affairs: Difference between revisions

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[[Police brutality]]}}{{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 '''Bureau of Indian Affairs''' ('''BIA''') is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. It ~~implements policies regarding~~ Native American nations in the United States and is responsible for many human rights violations of Native Americans. 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.

== Biography ==

Ever since its establishment in 1824, the BIA has been regulating federal policies on Native American tribes throughout the United States and having control over their lands through federal trusts. The BIA was responsible for the forced removal of Native Americans to reservations and also implemented assimilation policies projected onto Native Americans, from removing children from their families to attend schools to forcibly relocating tribal members to cities.

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. Plus, the 55 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, which leaves many reservations in a state of poverty.

== Events ==

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 Mass [[kidnapping]]<br>
 [[Censorship]]<br>
-Hate speech<br>
+[[Hate Speech]]<br>
 [[Anti-Native American Sentiment]]<br>
 [[Xenophobia]]<br>
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 [[Police brutality]]}}{{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 '''Bureau of Indian Affairs''' ('''BIA''') is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. It implements policies regarding Native American nations in the United States and is responsible for many human rights violations of Native Americans. 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.
+== Biography ==
+Ever since its establishment in 1824, the BIA has been regulating federal policies on Native American tribes throughout the United States and having control over their lands through federal trusts. The BIA was responsible for the forced removal of Native Americans to reservations and also implemented assimilation policies projected onto Native Americans, from removing children from their families to attend schools to forcibly relocating tribal members to cities.
+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. Plus, the 55 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, which leaves many reservations in a state of poverty.
 == Events ==