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  2. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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    Homestead laws depleted Native American resources as much of the land they relied on was taken by the federal government and sold to settlers. [7] Native ancestral lands had been limited through history, mainly through land allotments and reservations, causing a gradual decrease in this indigenous land.

  3. How To Get Free Land in the US in 2023 - AOL

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    Free land claims have a long history in the U.S., going back as far as the 1862 Homestead Act that granted citizens and intended citizens government land to live on and cultivate. Although the ...

  4. Private landowner assistance program - Wikipedia

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    The program allows for restoration of multiple types of grasslands including shrub-land, pasture, and range. The grassland reserve programs main goal is to prevent the conversion of native grasslands to other land uses such as development and agriculture. Once protected the land does not necessary remain untouched.

  5. Public lands in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Farmers could also homestead land, getting it free from the federal government after five years, or even sooner by paying $1.50 an acre. Sales were improved by offering large blocks to ethnic colonies of European immigrants. Germans and Scandinavians, for example, could sell out their small farm back home and buy much larger farms for the same ...

  6. States are underfunding land-grant HBCUs, but what can ... - AOL

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    OPINION: Land-grant HBCUs have been shorted billions in funding compared to their white counterparts. But the renewal of the farm bill this year could address those shortages — and advocacy from ...

  7. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

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    The idea of a department of Urban Affairs was proposed in a 1957 report to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, led by New York governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. [3] The idea of a department of Housing and Urban Affairs was taken up by President John F. Kennedy, with Pennsylvania Senator and Kennedy ally Joseph S. Clark Jr. listing it as one of the top seven legislative priorities for the ...

  8. Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 - Wikipedia

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    FLPMA addresses topics such as land-use planning, land acquisition, fees and payments, administration of federal land, range management, and right-of-ways on federal land. FLPMA has specific objectives and time frames in which to accomplish these objectives, giving it more authority and eliminating the uncertainty surrounding the BLM's role in ...

  9. Subsistence Homesteads Division - Wikipedia

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    The program was created to provide low-rent homesteads, including a home and small plots of land that would allow people to sustain themselves. Through the program, 34 communities were built. [2] Unlike subsistence farming, subsistence homesteading is based on a family member or members having part-time, paid employment. [3]