8 feb 1887 año - Dawes Severalty Act
Descripción:
Gave Native Americans severalty (individual ownership of land) by dividing reservations into homesteads
An attempt to civilize Native Americans
Choice of assimilation or leave
Failed and resulted in several decades in loss of 66% of lands held by Native Americans at the time of passage
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8 feb 1887 año
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~ 137 years ago