He picked up senator Richard Coke of Texas idea and finally passed it in 1887 as a Dawes Severalty Act. ... Obviously the speech was very emotional but it did not last long on calendar of American congress which almost after 10 years fully passed General Allotment Act, which was utterly opposed to chief Joseph arguments. ... Also if the owner of land will die then the land will become a property of proper inheritor. ... White people were preventing buffalos and Indians from moving freely and roaming through the land.xviii It is obviously a subject for discussion how important was allotment ac...

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For a nation that was founded on the ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of property, or happiness, the United States was unjustified in their cruel treatment of American Indian people. ... At the Continental Congress, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was drafted and passed, stating that Indians were to be treated with the, "utmost good faith," and that, "their lands and property shall never be taken away from them without their consent," (Morgan 417). ... The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation of Native American tribes following the Indian Removal Act of 1830 passed by Andrew Jackso...

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That belief that whites were the most powerful and had the ability to control everyone else was then passed on through out generations, being socialized into individual's minds. ... The document discussed the need and want for owning property, elections and voters, and also "all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion- (The Virginia 156). ...

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