(U. S. Statutes at Large, Vol. XXIV, p. 388 ff.) [Congressman Henry Dawes, author of the act, once expressed his faith in the civilizing power of private property with the claim that to be ...

In 1887, the Dawes Act dividing tribal lands into individual allotments included a provision allowing religious organizations working among Indians to keep up to 160 acres of federal land to ...

Major Acts: Grover Cleveland repealed the Silver Purchase Act, which obligated the government to purchase a fixed amount of silver each month and diminished the Treasury’s supply of gold. Cleveland ...