It may seem a bit strange, but there is no law that give Indians land. They Native Americans were considered a soverign nation and treaties were entered into. Most of them were done without the full understanding or even a choice in the matter in the case of the Native Americans. In other words, most of them were signed pretty much at gunpoint and enforced in the same manner. Even today, Indian lands are not subject to many federal and state taxes, as well as the state laws. That is why many Indian tribes sponsor casinos, they are not subject to the limitations of state regulation.
Because the British gave away land to the colonists which actually was not their land (it was the Indians' land)
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Homestead Act
The Homestead Land Act
It gave the Lakota Indians ownership of the Black Hills, and further land and hunting rights in South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana
Because the British gave away land to the colonists which actually was not their land (it was the Indians' land)
tobacco and land
The Dawes Act of 1887 offered Native Americans 160 acres of land if they agreed to give up their communal land ownership system and adopt individual farming practices. This law aimed to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society by encouraging them to become independent farmers.
Homestead Act
Moved Indians tribes to permanent reservation and gave each 160 acres of land.
The Homestead Land Act
No King gave Willams the Rhode Island Colony, the Narraganslet Indians sold the land to Willams.
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Craig MacLaine has written: 'This land is our land' -- subject(s): Claims, Constitutional law, Government relations, History, Iroquois Indians, Mohawk Indians, Native Crisis, 1990
Money - mostly gold. Gold was recently discovered on the lands so settlers wanted it without the risk of being killed for violating Indian law.
they moved to Canada because of the war between with the Europeans. then, the crown gave them land
It gave the Lakota Indians ownership of the Black Hills, and further land and hunting rights in South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana