On February 8th in U S Political History
Part II
Part II
On February 8th in 1865 - Martin Robinson Delany became the 1st black major in US army.
On February 8th in 1887 - US Senator Henry Dawes sponsored the Dawes Severalty Act that authorized the survey of Indian territories in the West, in order that the commonly held tribal lands might be broken up into property allotments of 40 to 160 acres. The Dawes Act gave citizenship to Indians living apart from their tribe. Section Six stated that upon completion of a Land Patent process, the allotment holder will become a United States citizen and "be entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities of such citizens." Native Americans in general did not become citizens until the Snyder Act of 1924.
On February 8th in 1887 - The Allotment Act (Dawes Act) tried to break up tribal land ownership and awarded individual allotments. Trust accounts were established for both Indian tribes and individual American Indians. The lands were then held in trust, managed by the government and leased out to gas, oil and timber companies. The status of the accounts brought to question in 1996 when the Bureau of Indian Affairs could not account for about 15% of an estimated $450 million held for some 300,000 Indians. In 1999 a federal judge cited Sec. Bruce Babbitt and Robert Rubin in contempt for official deceit in accounting for the trusts that involved some 500,000 Indians.
On February 8th in 1894 - The US Enforcement Act was repealed making it easier to disenfranchise blacks.
On February 8th in 1911 - US helped overthrow President Miguel Devila of Honduras.
On February 8th in 1918 - "The Stars and Stripes" newspaper was published for the first time.
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