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== Etymology ==
The region of what is now Opdamsland
There had been multiple attempts to change the country's name, most notably during John White Owl's regime, but none were successful.
== History ==
=== Forced relocation of indigenous peoples ===
Between 1800 and 1850 the government of Tussenland relocated between 30,000 and 40,000 Indians from the southeast and western great lakes region to west of the Mississippi bordering New Spain. This was done through a series of treaties between the Dutch government, their Iroquoian allies and private Dutch settlers and merchants as well as multiple incidents of forced relocation by the Dutch military. By 1845
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During the [[2nd Dutch-Spanish War|Spanish-Dutch War
=== Independence ===
Former the disputed former Indian territory was Opdamsland gained independence as the nation of Opdamsland after the [Https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/comments/jqvghk/rtl treaty of williamsburg 1903 ending the/ Mexican-Dutch Boer War (1901)] in the [https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/comments/jqvghk/rtl_treaty_of_williamsburg_1903_ending_the/ Treaty of Williamsburg (1903)]. Opdamsland was meant to act as a buffer state between Mexico and Tussenland and a homeland for native non-Iroquoian peoples of Tussenland. During the first few months after the creation of the new country, the last series of native relocations from Tussenland occurred with over 8,000 Sioux Indians being forcibly relocated by the Tussenland military from Tussenland to the north-west of Opdamsland.
==== Tribal Council Period (1903-1938) ====
The original constitution of Opdamsland was written by Tussenland authorities and as such was very pro-Tussenland in outlook in fact any tribal leaders such as [[Martin F. Semple]] thought that the constitution was created to make Opdamsland into a client state of the Dutch government. The government that was set up by the Dutch created 18 autonomous tribal districts each governed by an elected chief and two Dutch (in reality Dutchified-Cherokee and Iowan) autonomous municipal districts around the cities of Utrecht and Jongdorp which all each had one vote in a tribal council which functioned as both a legislature and executive.
This created a nation that had a lot of regional autonomy and was conservative in making any decisions. Additionally, there was disagreement over each district receiving equal representation regardless of district population. During this time period relations between Tussenland and Opdamsland were very strong and Dutch-Amerikaaner culture spread throughout the nation replacing most of Spanish and Mexican cultural influence that dominated between 1850 and 1903. Spanish influence wasn't completely erased, with the city of San Sebastian and the western border with Mexico retaining Spanish speaking communities and cultural influence.
Staring in the late 1910s and proceeding into the 1920s, Opdamsland went through an oil boom and by 1929 the country was producing copious amounts of petroleum. During the oil boom, many businessmen and companies from Tussenland were given oil contracts by tribal leaders and chiefs in exchange for cash payments. By 1930, the vast majority of oil wells were owned by Dutch companies, with most exports going to Tussenland and New Netherland. During this time, a small but influential amount of Tussenland Amerikaaners migrated here in order to work in the oil industry, settling almost entirely within the booming new oil towns.
==== John White Owl regime: ''Oukonunaka'' (1938-) ====
In 1936, the Shawnee politician and orator [[John White Owl]] was elected as the chief representative of the Shawnee and preceded to use the latent anti-Dutch sentiment to build a populist movement to replace the tribal council with a democratically elected Western-styler republic. By 1938, White Owl was in control of a militia larger than the national military and had complete political control of the wealthy and populous Shawnee tribe. He also had strong influence in the Sioux and Choctaw tribes. In the autumn of 1938, White Owl declared himself the first President of Opdamsland.
== Government and Politics ==
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==== Relations with other Amerikaener societies ====
== See also ==
{{Nations of the World}}
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