51. The land taken, lost and recaptured amounted to no more than a few kilometers along the broad front in what was then known as Flanders. 52. The Mohawks, in turn, asked the Interior Department to take the land in trust for the tribe under a seldom-used provision of federal law. 53. The other side took the land and made war. 54. The South African government was culling elephants from herds because a growing population was taking the land. 55. The requests for documents have Interior employees scouring four years worth of e-mail and pulling records on nearly every instance of taking land in trust for Indian tribes. 56. The tribe argued that the Department of the Interior had paved the way for the move by taking the land and building into trust as formal Indian lands. 57. Their lands were taken, their lairds slaughtered and their children abandoned. 58. Their land was taken over, and now they live as urban refugees of sorts. 59. They are seeking their share of money set aside to compensate the tribe after the U.S. government took its land. 60. They had lived under white domination for centuries, their land taken from them, their status reduced to virtual serfdom. |