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Was passed in Congress in the late 1800s and allowed Indians with white blood to sell their land (they previously hadn't been allowed to under the Dawes Act). "Race experts" came to Native American lands and told many people that they had white blood, even if they didn't. They then duped them into selling their best land.Type your answer here...
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