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This resolution from the House of Representatives mandates that the requirements for settlement under the Homestead Act of 1862 be extended to lands in Kansas recently purchased from the Osage Indians. Copied from The Miscellaneous Documents of the House of Representatives, 2nd session, 39th Congress.
Creator: United States. Congress. House
Date: 1867
This brief source demonstrates how former Indian lands were opened up to white settlement under the Homestead Act. It can work in tandem with other documents related to how white settlement and the hunger for more land affected native tribes in Kansas.
KS:7th:3.1:Federal Government and Indian Lands (2005)
Item Number: 210983
Call Number: GL 328.7304 Un3, U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1302
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210983
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Fed. Gov. and Indian lands (Indicator 1) - Encroachment on Indian lands
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress - House of Representatives
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land - Homestead Act
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Report
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Tribes - Osage
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Government publications - Reports
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/210983