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feb 8, 1887 - Dawes Act (1887)

Description:

- 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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Date:

feb 8, 1887
Now
~ 138 years ago