Burke Act
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title:
Burke Act
text:
The Burke Act (1906), formally known as the General Allotment Act Amendment of 1906 and also called the Forced Fee Patenting Act, amended the Dawes Act of 1887 under which the communal land held by tribes on the Indian reservations was broken up and distributed in severalty to individual households of tribal members. It required the government to assess whether individuals were "competent and capable" before giving them fee simple patents to their allotted land. Because the federal government be
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1906 amendment to the Dawes Act
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_Act
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2023-12-15T03:58:06Z
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