Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 Discussion
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The President of the United States be…authorized…to allot; the lands in said reservation in severalty to any Indian located thereon in quantities as follows:
- To each head of a family, one-quarter of a section;
- To each single person over eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section;
- To each orphan child under eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section….
Sec. 6. That upon the completion of said allotments and the patenting of the lands to said allottees, each and every member of the respective band or tribes of Indians…shall…be subject to the laws, both civil and criminal, of the State or Territory in which they may reside.