Articles related to "General Allotment Act"

The mixed-blood population in America faces a unique set of challenges. Gaining cultural respect and fighting for basic rights are still high on the agenda.

The Civil War resulted in internal strife among the Five Civilized Tribes and as they sought to rebuild, they were once more challenged by the post-war United States.

Also known as the General Allotment Act, the purpose of The Dawes Act, passed by the US Congress in 1887, was to break up reservations into individual allotments.

Since 1787, over 750 land cessions have been authorized by supposed mutual compacts. History demostrates there was little that was mutual about these "treaties."