General Allotment Act

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Dawes_Act
gptkbp:appliesTo Indian reservations
gptkbp:consequence reduction of Native American landholdings
creation of surplus land for sale to non-Native settlers
gptkbp:dateEnacted February 8, 1887
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:excludes gptkb:Five_Civilized_Tribes
gptkb:Osage_Nation
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major shift in U.S. policy toward Native Americans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Allotment Act
gptkbp:legalCitation gptkb:24_Stat._388
gptkbp:policy allotment policy
gptkbp:purpose to divide Native American tribal land into allotments for individual Native Americans
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Indian_Reorganization_Act_of_1934
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Indian_Reorganization_Act
1934
gptkbp:resultedIn assimilation of Native Americans
loss of tribal land
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Grover_Cleveland
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dawes_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5