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feb 8, 1877 - Dawes Sevrality Act

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The Dawes Severalty act was designed to assimilate the Indians into American culture. Tribes were abolished as legal entities and individual Indians were given land. If they complied with the Acts attempt to assimilate them, they would become American Citizens.

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feb 8, 1877
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~ 149 years ago