Livemike Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 Indian reservations are concentration camps in the original sense of the words. Concentration camps were invented by the British to "concentrate" the Boer population during the Boer War. The Boers were very dispersed since of course many of them were In rural areas. They could easily slip away from their farms grab some guns hidden in a cache and kill a few of the occupiers. To prevent this the Brits rounded them all up and put them into big camps where they were easy to watch and control. They were completely isolated economically from land, capital and markets leaving them entirely dependent on government "generosity". So far it sounds like the reservations to me.
ChrisN Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Know of any good resources on the subject? Indian reservations are almost never talked about from where I've been so I've heard very little on the subject. A good friend of mine has expressed some concern on the subject of the conditions in indian reservations but that's about it.
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