example of the lands lost due to the dawes act
The Dawes Act of 1887 was a post-Indian Wars law that illegally dissolved 90 million acres of Native lands from 1887 to 1934. Signed into law by President Grover Cleveland on February 8, 1887, the Dawes Act expedited the cultural genocide of Native Americans. The negative effects of the Dawes Act on Indigenous tribes would result in the enactment of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, the so-called βIndian New Deal.β
It authorized the U.S. to divide indigenous tribal land into allotments for heads of families and individuals, leading to a loss of 2/3rds of land (~100 million acres) over the next 50 years.
The law converted traditional systems of land tenure into a state-imposed system of private property by forcing Native Americans to "assume a capitalist and proprietary relationship with property" that did not previously exist in their cultures, according to historian Kent Blansett. The act declared remaining lands after allotment as "surplus" and available for sale, including to non-Natives.
Between 1887 and 1934, indigenous people lost control of about 100 million acres of land, or about two-thirds of the land base they held in 1887, as a result of the act.
The loss of land and the break-up of traditional leadership of tribes had such devastating consequences that many scholars refer to the Dawes Act as one of the most destructive U.S. policies for indigenous people in history.
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I'm tired of pretending. Comrades, I'm actually bourgeois. I buy the precut veggies at the grocery store cause I cba to do it myself. That's right, I'm an exploiter. Do what you must
Learn to cut veggies. Look up YouTube videos for proper cutting techniques and maybe pre cut some stuff for practice. I cook for a job so cutting veggies takes less time for me than getting them out of the fridge and wrapping what's left over up. Cutting things different for different things does make a huge difference as well. Some stuff you want chunks, some stuff you want a fine chop, and also it's kinda fun playing with a knife. I recommend getting a good chef's knife, I prefer German style. If you take care of it, it'll last decades. Mine was on sale for $300 down from $700, don't go that far until you really know what you want from one and the length you want. Get a crappy knife, a stone and a honer and learn to sharpen a knife. I can get half way through a tomato in midair with mine rn. Being an efficient cook saves a lot of time and money. There's initial investments and some learning but having every meal you make even if half assed run circles around most people's maximum effort is a good payoff.
I actually often do cut up my veggies myself, but I was feeling lazy used the pre chopped stuff. Thank you for the advice because I recognize the utility and I understand the difference between a good and bad knife
I've got decent knife skills but when I realized im way more likely to cook (rather than let the food go bad) when half the prep is done before I get started, I allowed myself to get them sometimes.
Gotta remind myself that my ADHD is indeed a disability and I'm allowed to accommodate it every time I buy them still, but the precut stuff is way less likely to get forgotten and rot in my produce drawer.