Land lottery of 1901

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The Land lottery of 1901 was a U.S. government-run drawing that distributed former Native American lands in the Oklahoma Territory to white settlers, marking a major episode in the region’s settlement and dispossession of Indigenous peoples.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal land distribution program
event in the history of Oklahoma
historical event
land lottery
appliesToJurisdiction Oklahoma Territory NERFINISHED
beneficiary white settlers
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date 1901
describedAs episode in the dispossession of Indigenous peoples
major episode in the settlement of Oklahoma
follows Oklahoma land runs of the 1880s and 1890s NERFINISHED
implementation of the Dawes Act
hasEffect dispossession of Indigenous peoples
rapid increase in white settlement in Oklahoma Territory
transfer of land from Native American ownership to non-Native ownership
historicalPeriod early 20th century United States
legalBasis U.S. federal land and allotment policies
location Oklahoma Territory NERFINISHED
method random drawing of land claims
organizer General Land Office NERFINISHED
U.S. Department of the Interior NERFINISHED
U.S. federal government NERFINISHED
partOf allotment and dispossession of Native American lands
settlement of Oklahoma
purpose distribution of former Native American lands to non-Indigenous settlers
opening of reservation lands to white settlement
relatedTo Dawes Act NERFINISHED
Oklahoma land openings NERFINISHED
allotment of Native American reservations
startTime 1901
topic Native American land loss
U.S. Indian policy
settler colonialism in the United States
victim Native American nations in Oklahoma Territory

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Oklahoma Territory notableEvent Land lottery of 1901