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Land Fractionation
The Result of Allotment
Historical Background:
The Dawes Act (General Allotment Act of 1887)
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The Dawes Act...
Indian Allotments on the
Rosebud Reservation, 1903
(from the Records of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, National Archives)
An illustration depicting fractionation
of a possible allotment of land over
six generations, assuming only
three heirs per generation.
Original Allotment
100 acres
2nd Generation, 1/3
3rd Generation, 1/9
4th Generation, 1/27
5th Generation, 1/81
6th Generation, 1/243