US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations
Congress
49th Congress, Second Session
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Description
This Act, passed on February 8, 1887, authorized the US government to break up reservations and tribal lands, previously held in common, into individual plots. Aimed at assimilating Indigenous people into white society, this act promoted agriculture and grazing by allotting tribal members or families who registered a portion of reservation land outlined in the document. Furthermore, this document granted American citizenship to those who accepted the division of tribal lands.
Publication Date
2-8-1887
Source
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5641587
Keywords
Assimilation, allotment, reservation, Indians, Indian territory, settlers, citizen of the United States, removal, sale, Cherokees, Cherokee, Cherokee Nation, Creeks, Creek, Creek Nation, Muscogee, Choctaws, Choctaw, Choctaw Nation, Chickasaws, Chickasaw, Chickasaw Nation, Seminoles, Seminole, Seminole Nation, the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma, Osage, Osage Nation, Miamies and Peorias, Miamies, Miami Nation, Peorias, the Confederated Peorias, Peoria, Sacs and Foxes, Sac and Fox Nation, Sacs, Sac, Sauk, Foxes, Fox, Seneca Nation of New York Indians, Sioux Nation, Southern Ute Indians, Ute, Southern Utes
Organizations Referenced
US Senate, US House of Representatives, US Office of Indian Affairs, US Department of Interior, US General Land Office, Seneca Nation of New York, Cherokee Nation, Creek Nations, Choctaw Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Seminole Nation, Sioux Nation, Osage Nation, Miami Nation, the Confederated Peorias, Sac and Fox Nation, Southern Ute Tribe
People Referenced
Grover Cleveland, Henry L. Dawes, John G. Carlisle, John Sherman
Disciplines
American Politics | Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law | Indigenous Studies | Law and Politics | Native American Studies | United States History
Recommended Citation
United States, “An Act to Provide for the Allotment of Lands in Severalty to Indians on the Various Reservations (General Allotment Act or Dawes Act),” Statutes At Large 24, (1887). https://commons.und.edu/indigenous-gov-docs/177/
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Long title: An Act to Provide for the Allotment of Lands in Severalty to Indians on the Various Reservation
Alternative Titles: the Dawes Severalty Act; General Allotment Act