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Tribal Dawes Severalty Act Broke Organization Divided Lands

Front What did the Dawes Severalty Act do (1877)?
Back It broke up tribal organization and divided the tribal lands into 160 acre plots.  It gave citizenship to the Natives that stayed on the land for 25 years.

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