Democratic (constitutionalist) President Cleveland—without a constitutional amendment—signs the Dawes General Allotment Act, dividing communally owned indi[genous Americ]an lands into individually owned 150 acre plots, which will be turned into subsistence farms.
Postscript: Over the next 50 years individual IA holdings under this act decreased by 65%.
[restored 5/14/2022]
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Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 230.
Dawes Act – Wikipedia
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