When Congress passed legislation in 1887 that allotted individual American Indians pieces of land while also granting them citizenship, proponents of the Dawes Act argued it would give them greater independence to farm their own land and help them assimilate into white American culture.
Research links 19th-century land program to sharp rise in Native American mortality
Reader’s Picks
-
“Spill the Tea, Honey: Gossiping Predicts Well-Being in Same- and Different-Gender Couples” is the name of a new study from [...]
-
Signs that an individual might be on the verge of self-harm are often found in their online actions, but can [...]
-
The global distribution of wealth is currently the subject of controversial debate. Against this backdrop, social sciences, humanities, and economics [...]