History GCSE
Indian Appropriations Act (1851)
What Indian Appropriations Act (1851) means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The legal mechanism that funded and established reservations for Plains Indians, restricting their nomadic lifestyle.
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