Watch this scene carefully—it isn’t fiction, it’s history. The U.S. government offered land it did not own. Under the Indian Removal Act, Native nations were forced off their homelands. Treaties were signed, then violated. Under the Homestead Act, stolen Indigenous land was handed to settlers and enforced by the military. So when Native people are detained by ICE, remember:We did not cross a border. The border crossed us. This is our land. You are the immigrant.
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