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feb 8, 1887 - Signs Dawes Act to divide tribal lands into individual allotments with the goal of encouraging assimilation into U.S. society. This Act was met with Indian hostility. The Act has been seen as precipitating the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890

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feb 8, 1887
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~ 139 years ago