Rodney writes, "Between 1776 and 1887, the U.S. seized over 1.5 billion acres, an eighth of the world, from America's indigenous people by treaty and executive order. This 1:27 video maps it year by year."
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8:00 pm Tue
Jul 1, 2014
Time-lapse of American seizure of indigenous land, 1776-1887
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