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To whom did the land belong that the U. S. Government was allocating to settlers

Sagot :

The homestead was an area of public land in the West (usually 160 acres or 65 ha) granted to any US citizen willing to settle on and farm the land. ... The act depleted the Native Americans in the United States of much of their land and natural resources as a result of it being allocated and sold to settlers.