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Direct linkPalmer, Mark H. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2011
The fragmentation of large nineteenth-century reservations resulted in the creation of American Indian allotment geographies in the United States. Federal Indian policy, namely the General Allotment Act of 1887, allowed the US government to break up large reservations, allot land to individual Indians, and sell the surplus to non-Indian settlers.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Tribes, United States History, American Indian History
Holford, David M. – Indian Historian, 1975
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Federal Legislation, History
Berkey, Curtis – American Indian Journal of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law, 1976
Descriptors: American Indians, Civil Rights, Federal Legislation, Land Acquisition
Berkey, Curtis – American Indian Journal of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law, 1976
The 19 sections of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 are briefly analyzed. (JC)
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Definitions, Federal Legislation
Download full textSenese, Guy Blaise – 1981
Christian (1880-1900) and Progressive (1920-1940) reforms affected the U.S. government's attempt to acculturate and educate American Indians. Religious groups supported the Dawes Allotment Act (1887), which allotted parcels of land, previously tribally held, to individual Indians. This led to de-tribalization, loss of cultural identity, and loss…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, Boarding Schools, Culture Conflict
