General Allotment Act of 1887

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_Allotment_Act_of_1887
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Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Dawes_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy Burke Act of 1906
gptkbp:appliesTo Indian reservations in the United States
gptkbp:criticizedFor undermining tribal sovereignty
gptkbp:dateEnacted February 8, 1887
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:estimatedLandLoss over 90 million acres
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Allotment Act of 1887
gptkbp:influencedBy assimilationist policies
gptkbp:landAllottedTo individual Native Americans
gptkbp:landHeldInTrustBy gptkb:United_States_government
gptkbp:legacy fragmentation of tribal lands
gptkbp:purpose to divide Native American tribal land into individual allotments
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Indian_Reorganization_Act_of_1934
gptkbp:resultedIn assimilation of Native Americans
loss of tribal land
gptkbp:section 25 U.S.C. § 331 et seq.
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Grover_Cleveland
gptkbp:unallottedLand sold to non-Native settlers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Assimilation_era
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7