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Native Americans during mathematics class at Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
賓州喀來爾一所印第安學校裡,美國原住民正在上數學課 (攝於1903年)

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國會同意賦予所有在美國出生的原住民美國公民的資格:192462

就在印第安人公民法案通過後,另一項叫做道斯土地佔有法案 (Dawes Severalty Act) 為美國政府的印第安人政策做了初步的規劃。從1887年開始,美國政府就鼓勵原住民要學習美國人的生活習慣與行為舉止模式。聯邦政府為了要使印第安人能夠成為農人,自給自足,於是分割各部落的土地給各個印第安人。無主或多餘的土地則以買賣的方式轉讓出去,而所得的經費則用來設立印第安學校,讓美國原住民的小孩能夠學習閱讀、寫字,還有美國主流社會的生活習慣等等。西元1932年,因為買賣無主土地與指定土地的結果,導致美國原住民在土地法案宣佈前擁有的138百萬英畝中,損失了三分之二之多的土地。


At the time of the Indian Citizenship Act, an act called the Dawes Severalty Act shaped U.S. Indian policy. Since 1887, the government had encouraged Native Americans to become more like mainstream America. Hoping to turn Indians into farmers, the federal government gave out tribal lands to individuals in 160-acre parcels. Unclaimed or "surplus" land was sold, and the money was used to establish Indian schools. In them, Native American children learned reading, writing, and social habits of mainstream America. By 1932, the sale of unclaimed land and allotted land resulted in the loss of two-thirds of the 138 million acres Native Americans had held prior to the Act.
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