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FDR's Land Grab: The New Deal That Displaced Native Nations — Fexingo History
May 9, 2026 ·
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FDR's Land Grab: The New Deal That Displaced Native Nations — Fexingo History
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When Franklin Roosevelt signed the Indian Reorganization Act in 1934, it was hailed as a reversal of the disastrous Dawes Act. But the New Deal also brought a darker project:...
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When Franklin Roosevelt signed the Indian Reorganization Act in 1934, it was hailed as a reversal of the disastrous Dawes Act. But the New Deal also brought a darker project: the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River, which flooded ancestral lands of the Colville, Spokane, and other tribes. In this episode, Lucas tells Luna about the 1940 Colville Confederated Tribes land loss, the broken promises of the Bureau of Indian Affairs under John Collier, and how Native communities fought for compensation through the Indian Claims Commission. We explore the tension between FDR's progressive rhetoric and the reality of eminent domain, the role of the Army Corps of Engineers, and the legacy of displacement that still echoes in tribal sovereignty battles today.
#GrandCouleeDam #ColvilleConfederatedTribes #IndianReorganizationAct #JohnCollier #NewDeal #FDR #NativeAmericanHistory #ColumbiaRiver #Displacement #EminentDomain #IndianClaimsCommission #BureauOfIndianAffairs #1930s #1940s #TreatyRights #History #FexingoHistory #USHistory #FranklinRoosevelt #GreatDepression
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#GrandCouleeDam #ColvilleConfederatedTribes #IndianReorganizationAct #JohnCollier #NewDeal #FDR #NativeAmericanHistory #ColumbiaRiver #Displacement #EminentDomain #IndianClaimsCommission #BureauOfIndianAffairs #1930s #1940s #TreatyRights #History #FexingoHistory #USHistory #FranklinRoosevelt #GreatDepression
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