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Native American Policy

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

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1887Date range
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Chronological records

1887

Henry Laurens Dawes8 February 1887

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

The Dawes Act seeks assimilation through individual landholding and changes in tribal land tenure.

Names involved

Henry Laurens Dawes

Provenance

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