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#Land-Theft

Events indexed under #Land-Theft — 6 entries in the record.

6 events From Feb 2, 1848 To Feb 8, 1887 Open in filter view →

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Date	Event	Lanes	Status
1887-02-08	Dawes Allotment Act Destroys Tribal Land Ownership, Facilitating Loss of 90 Million Acres to White Settlers Senator Henry L. Dawes · U.S. Congress · President Grover Cleveland · Bureau of Indian Affairs · +1		confirmed
1877-02-28	Congress Seizes Black Hills With Only 10% Sioux Consent, Violating Fort Laramie Treaty Requirement for 75% Approval U.S. Congress · Sioux Nation · Lakota people · President Ulysses S. Grant		confirmed
1874-07-02	Custer's Black Hills Expedition Violates Fort Laramie Treaty, Discovering Gold and Triggering Rush to Sioux Sacred Lands Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer · U.S. Army · Sioux Nation · Horatio Ross (prospector) · +1		confirmed
1868-04-29	Fort Laramie Treaty Guarantees Black Hills to Sioux in Perpetuity - Later Violated for Gold Rush Sioux Nation · U.S. government · Lakota people · Red Cloud		confirmed
1851-03-03	California Land Act of 1851 Enables Systematic Legal Theft from Mexican Land Grant Holders William M. Gwin · U.S. Congress · Board of Land Commissioners · Californio landowners · +2		confirmed
1848-02-02	Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Promises Land Rights Then Enables Systematic Theft from Mexican Americans U.S. Senate · Mexico · Mexican Americans · U.S. government · +1		confirmed