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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:affects
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gptkb:Native_American_tribe
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:General_Allotment_Act
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gptkbp:consequence
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reduction of Native American land holdings from 138 million acres to 48 million acres
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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February 8, 1887
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Dawes Act of 1887
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gptkbp:landAllotted
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160 acres to each head of family
40 acres to each dependent child
80 acres to each single adult
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:purpose
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to authorize the President to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Indian_Reorganization_Act
gptkb:Curtis_Act_of_1898
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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gptkb:Indian_Reorganization_Act_of_1934
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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loss of tribal land
assimilation of Native Americans into American society
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Grover_Cleveland
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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historical analysis and criticism
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gptkbp:unallottedLand
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sold to non-Native settlers
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:United_States_federal_Indian_policy
gptkb:Dawes_Committee
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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