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How Did the Dawes Act Steal 90 Million Acres of Land from Native Americans?
Published 11 months, 4 weeks ago
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In the 1880s, an unlikely collaboration between land-hungry capitalists and social progressives ended in the sale of over 60 percent of Native American lands to non-Native people and corporations. Learn how it happened in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/dawes-act.htm
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