[post_page_title]This land is your land[/post_page_title]
Easter Island was actually privately owned for part of the 19th century, exchanging hands between businessmen. The last of them – English-Jewish plantation owner Alexander Salmon – sold the island off to Chile in 1888, and it annexed it later that same year. The island’s indigenous residents, however, were not granted Chilean citizenship until 1966. Interestingly, the Chilean parliament has only just recently passed a law saying any non-Rapa Nui people are barred from staying on the island for more than 30 consecutive days.
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