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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.

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.

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 ==

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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.
-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.
+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 ==