The Dawes Act of 1887

On February 8, 1887, the Dawes Act was enacted, marking a major shift in Native American land policy. Watch our clip from the AMERICAN BUFFALO to learn more about the impact this legislation had on the American West.
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[@djack915]

Outstanding documentary 😢

[@patriciaadams4171]

The concept of a nascent state of communism as the controlling type of economic formation had to be destroyed because of the primacy of capitalist ownership of individual tracts of land. Collectivism was destroyed by capitalism. Capitalism with more guns, that is.

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Around 1878 an editorial in the Denver post claimed the Ute Nation were Communists.

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"given"?

[@LollieVox]

So sad for the Indians- the white man never kept his word!