This legislation was repealed by the Wheeler-Howard Act, which in turn gave rise to the Supreme Court case Carcieri v. Salazar. That case found that a measure taken to reverse the effect of this legis
This legislation was repealed by the Wheeler-Howard Act, which in turn gave rise to the Supreme Court case Carcieri v. Salazar. That case found that a measure taken to reverse the effect of this legislationÂ—the creation of land trusts--was unconstitutional if it had been done after 1934. Senator Henry Teller, a former Secretary of the Interior, opposed this legislation, saying "if this were done in the name of greed, it would be bad enough; but to do it in the name of humanity...is infinitely worse." This legislation aimed to secure land rights after an executive order that had opened up the Crow Creek Reservation to outside settlers was rescinded, since similar actions threatened elsewhere. For 10 points, what is this 1887 legislation, named for a Massachusetts Senator, which allotted reserved Indian lands to individual households?
This legislation was repealed by the Wheeler-Howard Act, which in turn gave rise to the Supreme Court case Carcieri v. Salazar.
Dawes Act (accept General Allotment Act until the word "allotted")