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3 unusual facts about Dawes Act


Alexander Posey

This was a time of political upheaval because Creek lands were broken up in individual allotments under the Dawes Act.

Allotment

Allotment, a small area of land held in trust by the U.S. Government for the benefit of an individual Native American (see Dawes Act, a program of the U.S. Government, beginning in 1887, to break up Indian reservations and allot tribal land to individual Native Americans).

Charles C. Painter

He also lobbied heavily for the institution of the Allotment policy introduced by Senator Henry L. Dawes, and passed in 1887 as the Dawes Act.



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