☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Dawes Act

The 1887 federal law dividing tribal communal lands into individual allotments — intended to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream society. Resulted in the loss of approximately 90 million acres of tribal land.

Category: Indigenous Law · Source: General Allotment Act, 25 U.S.C. §331 (1887)
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