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Allotments Act 1922
Allotment may refer to: * Allotment (Dawes Act), an area of land held by the US Government for the benefit of an individual Native American, under the Dawes Act of 1887 * Allotment (finance), a method by which a company allocates over-subscribed shares * Allotment (gardening), an area of land rented out for non-commercial gardening or farming * Allotment (travel industry), a block of pre-negotiated carrier seats or hotel rooms held by a travel organizer * Allotment of the Promised Land by Joshua; see Book of Joshua#Division of the land (chapters 13–22) * Sortition or allotment, a method of selection by lottery * ''The Allotment'', a 1988 book by Colin Ward See also * Allod, a type of property holding in the Middle Ages and early Modern Period {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allotment (Dawes Act)
The Dawes Act of 1887 (also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887) regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States. Named after Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts, it authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal communal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals. This would convert traditional systems of land tenure into a government-imposed system of private property by forcing Native Americans to "assume a capitalist and proprietary relationship with property" that did not previously exist in their cultures. The act allowed tribes the option to sell the lands that remained after allotment to the federal government. Before private property could be dispensed, the government had to determine "which Indians were eligible" for allotments, which propelled an "official search for a federal definition of Indian-ness." Although the act was passed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
