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Dawes Act

United States of America · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1887Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1887

Henry Laurens Dawes8 February 1887

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

Senator Henry Dawes sponsors the General Allotment Act, authorizing allotment of tribal lands to individual Native Americans.

Henry Laurens Dawes8 February 1887

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

The General Allotment Act is named for Senator Henry Dawes of Massachusetts.

Names involved

Henry Laurens Dawes

Provenance

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