would you give your property back to indigenous peoples when you die?

good to see you in orbit

and on ILE.

SNA if we're being technical

I will donate my one bed flat to the Bell Beaker people of Britain

Does all the money Boomers lose in Native-owned casinos count as reparations?

Non-Boomers too, of course; I just thought I'd add some clash-of-generations idiocy to the discussion.

extremely nerd voice: my property

lol

I um...also don't own property but side note, much like libraries don't accept donations because they don't need 10000000 John Grisham mass markets, I submit that specific Indian/First Nations people probably don't want to take care of your house in the suburbs or whatever. I bet there are specific "land back" policies and advocacy requests that we could all be helpful with, though!

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well shit i guess i'm going to have to rewrite my will, i agonized for _days_ about what to do with my dog-eared copy of _the pelican brief_

afaict im indigenous people so

Does all the money Boomers lose in Native-owned casinos count as reparations?

I have often thought this, and imho it absolutely does.

there's a local parking lot that's expected to be "ceded" to an indigenous-affiliated land trust because it somehow costs the city less than selling it off to a developer (largely because the land trust is footing most of the bill). https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/03/12/berkeley-shellmound-spengers-lot-sogorea-te-settlement

None of the Belgae, Celtic or Germanic tribes still have legal representation here, but it would be funny to put them in my will.

i'm a tribal member and so is my son so yes

um...also don't own property but side note, much like libraries don't accept donations because they don't need 10000000 John Grisham mass markets, I submit that specific Indian/First Nations people probably don't want to take care of your house in the suburbs or whatever. I bet there are specific "land back" policies and advocacy requests that we could all be helpful with, though!

I’m sure they’d be happy to sell it and pocket the money. Or you could instruct the executor of your will to do that and then donate the money.