Railroad Act: allows Native American lands to be appropriated

Historical Context Note

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.6: Indigenous Writing and Culture of North America - United States.
Vol. editors: Joshua Bartlett (High Point University), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Padraig Kirwan (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University)

Domains

Colonialism and colonisation
Real Estate and Land Law

Dates

Date of occurrence 1866-07-03

Places

United States (Location)

Cultural Identities

First Nations/Indigenous US-American

Resources

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