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jan 1, 1887 - Dawes Act

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The Dawes Act of 1887 authorized the President of the US to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans. So he could pick and choose who gets what.

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jan 1, 1887
Now
~ 139 years ago