40 acres and a mule vs giving natives back their land

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can you explain more about this?

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See my other comment for more, but in general (from the cases I can find on record) the white people don’t go anywhere (at least not by force), they just don’t own the land anymore and their relationship to the land changes.

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The gist is that there are existing indigenous stewardship organizations (that is, organizations wholly operated by an indigenous nation) whose purpose is to develop and maintain their nation’s lands the same way they did for all the time before colonists came and fucked shit up. If you own land, you can give that land to the stewards. The land is then added to the nation, rather than being an explicit part of the colonist project (i.e., the land is no longer “owned” or part of the “land market”). Generally, the previous “owner” of the land is allowed to continue living on and working that land in accordance with the nation’s laws, with a particular focus on preserving the land and maintaining the harmony of the local ecosystem. There’s paperwork involved, and I’m not personally versed in the process, but the link dump below has some useful resources about what stewardship means, how to give your land back, and some of the nations that participate in this process.

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https://www.fws.gov/nativeamerican/pdf/tek-indigenous.pdf

https://www.firstnations.org/projects/mapping-ecological-stewardship-opportunities-meso/

https://resourcegeneration.org/land-reparations-indigenous-solidarity-action-guide/

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with a particular focus on preserving the land and maintaining the harmony of the local ecosystem.

Finally a good excuse to stop mowing the lawn

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Lawns are terrible regardless, but yes. 😆

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