8 feb 1887 año - Dawes Act (1887)
Descripción:
- aka Land Allotment Act
- Authorized the president to survey tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans
- Those who accepted allotments and lived separately from tribe would be granted citizenship
- Aimed to implement "nuclear family" and "grid pattern" in tribal communities
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fecha:
8 feb 1887 año
Ahora mismo
~ 137 years ago