Comments on: We know now that free land wasn’t free https://writersontherange.org/we-know-now-that-free-land-wasnt-free/ Syndicated Opinion for the American West Mon, 13 May 2024 14:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Nancy Cavazos https://writersontherange.org/we-know-now-that-free-land-wasnt-free/#comment-584 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:09:47 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=7886#comment-584 Do you realize that Jews from all over the world have been given free land in Palestine, forcing the indigenous people from their homes?

]]> By: We know that free land wasn’t free — Writers on the Range – Coyote Gulch https://writersontherange.org/we-know-now-that-free-land-wasnt-free/#comment-582 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:05:16 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=7886#comment-582 […] the link to read the article on the Writers on the Range website (Rebecca […]

]]> By: Martie Crone https://writersontherange.org/we-know-now-that-free-land-wasnt-free/#comment-580 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:23:37 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=7886#comment-580 In reply to Eric Smith.

Thank you, Eric!

]]> By: Jennifer https://writersontherange.org/we-know-now-that-free-land-wasnt-free/#comment-578 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 05:34:45 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=7886#comment-578 Thank you for this column. It takes a lot to recognize the mistakes of our ancestors and reckon with the reparations we need to make in present day contexts. Currently, in Steamboat, water rights were recently expanded for our city and yet the Utes in Southern Colorado who used to live on our land do not have their water rights secured. No one wants to talk about this inequity. The Supreme Court also ruled against giving the Navajo water rights last year. Injustices continue, but voices like yours, especially in light of your identity and what is taking place globally gives us all reason to stop and think. Very grateful for your time and voice.

]]> By: Eric Smith https://writersontherange.org/we-know-now-that-free-land-wasnt-free/#comment-577 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 02:02:03 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=7886#comment-577 In reply to Martie Crone.

Try this:
https://native-land.ca/

]]> By: Martie Crone https://writersontherange.org/we-know-now-that-free-land-wasnt-free/#comment-576 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:18:55 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=7886#comment-576 My grandparents homesteaded in Wyoming. Do you know of a resource for finding out what tribes may have lived on their land before it was “given” to my grandparents?

]]> By: Greg Groves https://writersontherange.org/we-know-now-that-free-land-wasnt-free/#comment-575 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:37:34 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=7886#comment-575 Thanks for telling this important story. I was not aware of the migration of Jewish people to South Dakota. Nor was I aware that the land they homesteaded was Lakota land. Finally, I had no idea that Hitler admired the U.S. for how the Indian nations were treated.

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