Cracker-giver

What is Cracker-giver?

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(noun)A historically accurate re-naming of a person who gives a gift, only to ask for it back later. Derives from Indian Giver

The US Government has always been a cracker-giver in it's dealings with Native Americans. Cracker-giving is exemplified by the 1832 Treaty of Washington. Within days the promises made in it on behalf of the United States had been broken."

cited from: A People's History of the United StatesHoward Zinn

See indian giver, cracker-giver
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