On this day in 1758 the first Indian reservation is established. I wish I could give you a reason as to why this system was established but I can’t, and any researched conclusion sounds thin in light of the injustice, so I won’t even try. What I can say is that there is a myth that Indian reservations are sovereign states and immune to federal authority, this is a fallacy and the reservations are controlled directly by the Government through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
The Reservations primary purpose has been to contain the native population and to exclude them from land rights. The Office of the BIA was often used as a recompense to people that had done some favor to the government, enabled the lawful reallocation of public funds into private hands, initially intended to help the Indians. If companies or local farmers needed the natural resources of reservation land, then some perceived conflict or arbitrary new law (see; The Native American Reorganization Act 1934) was passed as a pretext to redistribute the land into private hands leaving less or in some cases nothing at all, for Indians. This practice goes on to this day
The Reservations primary purpose has been to contain the native population and to exclude them from land rights. The Office of the BIA was often used as a recompense to people that had done some favor to the government, enabled the lawful reallocation of public funds into private hands, initially intended to help the Indians. If companies or local farmers needed the natural resources of reservation land, then some perceived conflict or arbitrary new law (see; The Native American Reorganization Act 1934) was passed as a pretext to redistribute the land into private hands leaving less or in some cases nothing at all, for Indians. This practice goes on to this day
"Maybe we should not have humored them when they asked to live on reservations. Maybe we should have said, No, come join us. Be citizens along with the rest of us." -Ronald Reagan when asked by a student in Russia about the ethical treatment of Native Americans in the United States
On this day in 1990 the 19 year old (The Kid) (The Natural) Ken Griffey Jr. signs with the Seattle Mariners to join his father Ken Griffey, former member of the “The Big Red Machine”, As the first father son duo in Major League Baseball. Ken Griffey Sr, played for another one and a half years before retiring after 19 seasons in the Majors. Ken Griffey Jr. went on to have a great career but ultimately he is a great guy, a deep respect for the game, humble in victory, and poised in defeat.
On this day in 1970 the Los Angeles Police attack 10,000 Chicano antiwar demonstrators after a march against the Vietnam draft. Chicanos gathered at Laguna Park in East L.A. to protest disproportionate number of deaths of Chicanos in the Vietnam War. Three protesters are killed by police & Chicanos set Los Angeles on fire, occupying many parts of the city for seven days.
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Today is the Birthday of Charlie (Bird) Parker he was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1920, and was truly innovative, taking the existing Bebop sound and incorporating it into a unique and complex form of American music that is instantly recognizable and completely independent. If there was an argument as to who was the singularly greatest jazz musician of all time his name would have to be among three others mentioned. Although his music is complex, original, and witty, it was always a little to happy for me, but nonetheless thank you
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