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  2. Dawes Act - Wikipedia

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    [37] Land owned by Native Americans decreased from 138 million acres (560,000 km 2) in 1887 to 48 million acres (190,000 km 2) in 1934. [38] Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado was one of the most outspoken opponents of allotment. In 1881, he said that allotment was a policy "to despoil the Indians of their lands and to make them vagabonds on ...

  3. Acre - Wikipedia

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    One acre equals 1 ⁄ 640 (0.0015625) square mile, 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet, [2] or about 4,047 square metres (0.4047 hectares) (see below).While all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends upon the particular yard on which it is based.

  4. Black land loss in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In all, more than 160 million acres (650,000 km 2; 250,000 sq mi) of public land, or nearly 10 percent of the total area of the United States was given away free to 1.6 million homesteaders. [1] However, until the United States abolished slavery in 1865 and the passage of the 14th amendment in 1868, enslaved and free Blacks could not benefit ...

  5. Bill Gates says he now owns 1 out of every 4000 acres of all ...

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    For instance, over the past six years Gates has reportedly spent roughly $113 million purchasing Nebraska farmland and now owns about 20,000 acres in that state alone.

  6. Privatization of public land (United States) - Wikipedia

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    As of 2020, the federal government owns roughly 640 million acres of land, the majority of which is concentrated in the Western US and Alaska. [1] Privatization of public land involves the selling or auctioning of public lands to the private sector. The private sector can refer to private individuals, industry, or corporations. [citation needed]

  7. California wildfires consume more than half a million acres - AOL

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    It has burned more than 22,000 acres and is 25% contained, per the Sequoia National Forest. ... Nearly 1 million people in the Western United States were covered by fire weather watches and ...

  8. How To Write Numbers in Words on a Check - AOL

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    Here are three sample check amounts, with examples of how to write them out correctly: $1,750: One thousand, seven hundred fifty and 00/100 $47.99: Forty-seven and 99/100

  9. Bureau of Land Management - Wikipedia

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    The California Desert Conservation Area covers 25 million acres (100,000 km 2) of land in southern California designated by Congress in 1976 by means of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. [64] BLM is charged with administering about 10 million acres (40,000 km 2) of this fragile area with its potential for multiple uses in mind. [64]