Donald Riefer
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@WHLeavitt @elonmusk Absolutely. All of those punk criminals need to be held accountable for their crimes.
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Since 2016, relentless audits into Trump’s finances yielded zero evidence of tax evasion or corruption, wasting $200M tax dollars.
@elonmusk wants DOGE to turn the tables, calling for a full audit of Congress and the Clintons, Obamas, and Bidens.
You back this?
A. Yes
B. No
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I have never watched 1 episode of Stephen Colberts' show. Have you?
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If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez runs in 2028, how likely are you to support her ?
A. 100%
B. 75%
C. 50%
D. 25%
E. 0%
Vote honestly
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Your first guess was wrong… now think smarter 👀🇺🇸
Read twice….. answer once 🤯
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@Durakken @AntiWokeMemes I see another self righteous person who believes that they are better than everyone else, also known as Trolls. Wake up and realize that you are just a bully with a small self esteem issue!
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@drdonrdc @AntiWokeMemes You exist and own independent territory that you lost in a war. How you stupidly manage those reservations are on you and yours.
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You might want to educate yourself and visit a reservation in the Midwest or the Dakotas, then come back here and tell me about all of the handouts they were given. Maybe you are referring to the few blankets given to the indigenous on the trail of tears? Very little food or water.
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@drdonrdc @AntiWokeMemes Bro. Indians had slaves before Europeans got here and your ancestors lost a war and you were given more charity than any other defeated group in history.
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@drdonrdc @EmilySm43 Just cause you have a Funtime throwing flour into a bowl, you don’t get a cake at the end of it. Your self importance is laughable.
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@JamesMeany65152 @AntiWokeMemes No it doesn’t, just another post to divide and conquer.
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@drdonrdc @AntiWokeMemes Hey Genius slavery dates back 4000 years so does it really matter who started it.
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**No, the claim in the image is not entirely true—it’s a popular social media meme that mixes some accurate historical elements with oversimplifications and inaccuracies in the specific chain of events.
The image (a black-and-white photo of a Native American man above overlaid text) states:
“Fun Facts About ‘Stolen’ Tribal Land: The Sioux took the land from the Cheyenne, who took it from the Kiowa, who took it from the Pawnee, who took it from the Crow, who took it from the Arikara. The victors not only took the land, they enslaved their enemies.”
This was posted as a reply in a thread about indigenous history, slavery, and reparations (in context with your earlier comment in the same conversation). Here’s a fact-check based on historical records:
### Accurate or partially accurate parts
- **Sioux (Lakota) displacing Cheyenne**: Yes. In the mid-to-late 1700s and early 1800s, the Lakota Sioux expanded westward onto the northern Plains and overwhelmed the Cheyenne, taking control of much of their territory around the Black Hills. The Cheyenne were pushed further west/south.
- **Cheyenne (and allies) pushing Kiowa south**: Yes. The Cheyenne, often with Arapaho, displaced the Kiowa southward from the central/northern Plains into the southern Plains during the 18th century.
- **Inter-tribal conquest and warfare in general**: True. Native tribes on the Great Plains (and across North America) frequently fought over hunting grounds, resources, and territory long before European contact. Displacement through war was common.
- **Enslaving enemies**: Largely accurate. Many Plains tribes (including Sioux, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Pawnee, Crow, and Arikara) took war captives. Some captives were killed, adopted, or held in servitude/slavery-like conditions. There were also elements of captive trade in the region.
### Inaccurate or unsupported parts
- **Kiowa took land from the Pawnee**: No clear evidence of territorial conquest. The Kiowa and Pawnee were longtime enemies who raided each other (especially for horses), but the Pawnee held their core territory in what is now Nebraska. The Kiowa operated mainly in the southern Plains and did not displace the Pawnee from their lands.
- **Pawnee took land from the Crow**: No. The Pawnee (in Nebraska) and Crow (in Montana/Wyoming) had occasional raids but no documented conquest by Pawnee over Crow territory. The Crow were primarily pressured westward by the Sioux/Cheyenne alliance, not the Pawnee.
- **Crow took land from the Arikara**: Unsupported. The Crow and Arikara (both northern Plains groups) had conflicts and sometimes allied *against* the Sioux, but there is no historical record of the Crow conquering Arikara land. Both tribes were more often on the defensive against Sioux/Cheyenne expansion.
The full linear chain is a rhetorical simplification (common in this exact meme across Facebook, Instagram, and X) rather than a precise historical sequence. It reverses or misorders some displacements to make a point about “conquered, not stolen” land. Actual Plains history was messier, with shifting alliances, raids, and migrations—not a neat domino effect.
### Bottom line
The meme’s *broader message* (that Native tribes conquered, displaced, and sometimes enslaved each other for centuries before Europeans arrived) is historically valid and well-documented. However, the **specific sequence** it lists is not accurate. It’s more of a viral talking point than rigorous history. Real tribal histories involve complex migrations, treaties (like Fort Laramie 1851/1868), and conflicts that don’t line up exactly this way.
I didn’t see anything about the Seneca or Iroquois indigenous. Why post partial truths?
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