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General Allotment Act (Dawes Act)
Act of 8 February 1887 allotting reservation land to heads of families and opening the rest to homesteaders.
- Dates
- 8 Feb 1887
Connections 2
enacted by
- U.S. Congress 8 Feb 1887 Scholarship & press 1
followed from
- Federal policy of assimilation and dispossession Primary record 12
Timeline 2 dates
- 8 Feb 1887 General Allotment Act (Dawes Act)
- 8 Feb 1887 U.S. Congress signed into law General Allotment Act (Dawes Act)
Proof 2 sources
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Timeline, U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, Minnesota Historical Society.
Scholarship & press
Congress enacts legislation that allots 160-acre tracts of land to heads of households of American Indian families. The rest of the reservation land is opened to homesteaders. Eventually, American Indian-held lands are reduced by more than two thirds.
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Legacies of Sand Creek, National Park Service, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.
Primary record
Tribal religion and cultural practices are outlawed, tribal government eliminated, and reservation lands reduced by over 60%.
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