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| Includes a history of allotment, descriptions of its enduring effects, and explains why it is a critical issue in Indian country today. | ||||||
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| An accessible question-and-answer list related to the history of Indian land tenure, allotment, and issues that face Indian land holders today such as probate and fractionation. | ||||||
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| An extenstive list of terms and definitions essential for understanding Indian land tenure, the allotment of Indian land, and Indian land consolidation. | ||||||
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The allotment of American Indian reservations was a policy put into effect by many pieces of legislation. This section provides brief summaries of and links to all general allotment legislation, including the General Allotment Act of 1887 and its amendments.
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| This section includes text and links to the Indian Land Consolidation Act of 1983, existing amendments, and bills currently before Congress. | ||||||
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| Brief summaries of important court cases related to allotment. Includes links to the full text of the Court decisions. | ||||||
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While some tribes were allotted under the General Allotment Act, others were allotted through treaty or tribe/state/reservation-specific legislation. This section lists each tribe/reservation that was allotted, the specific allotting legislation, and the number of allotments made until 1934 when further allotments were prohibited. |
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| Information for those interested in helping eliminate the problems resulting from the allotment of Indian lands. | ||||||
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