Allotment of Land

We had an interesting lecture on 7th, in which we went over the allotment of land and the good and more bad things that came from this "ingenious" idea. Tai talked about the Dawes Act of 1887, and how allotment was issued throughout the reservations; More for the men in the family and progressively amounts of land for each succeeding member of the family. I found it interesting though was different tribes did with the land. In the Northern Midwest the land was leased for timber, which turned out to be very lucrative, as well as the Salmon farming and catching in the Pacific Northwest. It stinks though that it was not well regulated, and therefore ended up dying away because of over fishing or deforestation. Good information.