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mar 1, 1887 - Dawes Act

Description:

Split american indian lands into 160-acre plots for each family
Families had to give up culture and religion to get land and later citizenship
Extra land (there was a lot) was sold and money put in education funds
Erased american indian culture and diminished land

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Date:

mar 1, 1887
Now
~ 138 years ago