Standard 
HS.G3.5 Evaluate the impact of social, political, and economic decisions that have caused conflict or promoted cooperation through time.

Learning Target
I can analyze the actions of the US government to determine the impact on Native Americans and Labor Rights throughout the United States.​

Instructions
​First, view the image below to see the progression of loss of land by Native Americans throughout the United States.
Second, read the brief descriptions of the two US Policies that allowed for the land to be taken.
Third, begin reading the Student Text - Away From Home and completing the Graphic Organizer - Timeline

Homestead Act
(1862)

​President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862. On January 1, 1863, Daniel Freeman made the first claim under the Act, which gave citizens or future citizens up to 160 acres of public land provided they live on it, improve it, and pay a small registration fee

Dawes Act
(1887)

​The Dawes Act (sometimes called the Dawes Severalty Act or General Allotment Act), passed in 1887 under President Grover Cleveland, allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands. ... Only the Native Americans who accepted the division of tribal lands were allowed to become US citizens.

Away From Home - Heard Museum Boarding Schools Curriculum

Click on image for Student Text - Away From Home - American Indian Boarding School Stories - Heard Museum

Notes - Graphic Organizer - Timeline

Away From Home - Graphic Organizer - Timeline
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Additional Readings

• The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition