How White People Got So Rich - A book I purchased at a Dick Gregory event The Dawes Act - 1887 The supporters of the Dawes Act not only wanted to destroy the Indian tribal loyalties and the reservation system but also to open up the reservation lands to white settlement. Hundreds of thousands of acres of land remained after the individual 160-acre allotments had been made. These parcels were then sold at bargain prices to land-hungry whites. Funds from the sale of so-called surplus land were used to establish Indian schools. The idea was that Indian children could be educated and taught the social habits of white Americans, thus completing the process of assimilation. nebraskastudies.org/0700/frameset_reset.html? nebraskastudies.org/0700/stories/0701_0143.html
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