The answer is Oklahoma. They made a big blob around where Oklahoma is now, called it “Indian Territory” and forced the natives to go live in an inhospitable shithole alongside other groups they might have hated. We will never know exactly how many died. We will never know the true cultural loss and impact. They didn’t care to write it down. What they did care about was continuing to shrink the territory via expansion for decades until they found oil and other shit and voila it became a state.
Okay found the energy for snark: you don’t do it in your own country but then later you annex it to make it your country.
The answer is Oklahoma. They made a big blob around where Oklahoma is now, called it “Indian Territory” and forced the natives to go live in an inhospitable shithole alongside other groups they might have hated. We will never know exactly how many died. We will never know the true cultural loss and impact. They didn’t care to write it down. What they did care about was continuing to shrink the territory via expansion for decades until they found oil and other shit and voila it became a state.
Okay found the energy for snark: you don’t do it in your own country but then later you annex it to make it your country.
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