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Where a tribe has made considerable advance and lives on fertile farming soil it is possible to allot the members lands in severalty much as is the case with white settlers.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He suggests that tribes that have advanced should be allotted land similar to white settlers.

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