Indian Appropriations Act
/ˈɪndiən əˌproʊpriˈeɪʃənz ækt/
Definitions
- (n.) A series of United States federal laws passed in the 19th and early 20th centuries governing the allocation and management of lands held by Native American tribes.
The Indian Appropriations Act allowed the U.S. government to allocate tribal lands for other uses, drastically altering Native American land rights.
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- indian appropriations act
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Commentary
Often cited in discussions of U.S. federal policy toward Native Americans, these acts collectively authorized land dispossession and management, key in legal debates on tribal land rights.
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