Henry Laurens Dawes8 February 1887
The Dawes Act permits reservation land to be broken into allotments while surplus land can pass from tribal control.
United States · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Dawes Act permits reservation land to be broken into allotments while surplus land can pass from tribal control.
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