Each week, DCYF ESIT Tribal Support Specialist Brian Frisina provides a key topic to help us get to know our Tribal Nations partners better. 

This week’s terms is: 

"Dawes Act"

In 1887, Congress passed the General Allotment Act also known as the Dawes Act. “Friends” of American Indians believed that this act and other assimilationist practices were an alternative to the extinction of Indian people. The Cherokee and the other Five Tribes which included the Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Seminole resisted the act.

The act stated that the head of each family would receive 160 acres of tribal land and each single person would receive 80 acres. Title to the land would be held in trust by the government for 25 years. After 25 years, each individual would receive U.S. citizenship and fee simple title to their land.

Tribal lands not allotted to Native Americans on the reservation were to be sold to the U.S. and the land would be opened for homesteading. Proceeds from the land sales were to be placed in trust and used by the government as an account for supplies provided to Indian people. The Cherokees western land extension was sold to the United States in 1891 and in 1893 opened, mostly to non-Indian setters, in a famous land run.

When the allotment process began in 1887, the total land held by American Indian tribes on reservations equaled 138,000,000 acres. By the end of the allotment period landholdings had been reduced to 48,000,000 acres. Since 1934 the landholdings have slowly increased to 56,000,000 acres.

Sources

Indian American Relief Council, Northern Plains Reservation Aid, History and Culture: Allotment Act — 1887, © 2021 Partnership with Native Americans.

Indian land for sale, Library of Congress, Broadsides--1910-1920.

Hot Topic Roundtable: Equity & Safety for Home Visitors

You are invited to register for the next Hot Topic Roundtable

This is an optional time for peer networking and learning from each other. The ESIT State Leadership Team staff will be present to answer policy-related questions and facilitate the conversation.

Sessions take place on the second Wednesday of each month. The next session is scheduled for Nov. 10. Please encourage any direct service providers to attend!

Equity & Safety for Home Visitors
Nov. 10 | 8 – 9 a.m.
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ESIT October State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC) Meeting

The October SICC meeting is just around the corner! Please join us virtually: Wednesday, Oct. 20 | 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Click here to join Dial: 253-215-8782 Meeting ID: 814 3033 7246 Passcode: 566827 Agenda Questions? Please contact DCYF ESIT Partnership & Collaboration Manager, Will Moncrease, Jr.

RSVP for ESIT 2021 Regional Provider Meetings

The virtual November Regional Provider Meetings are coming up, Nov. 1 – 5! These meetings are for representatives from local lead agencies and ESIT provider agencies.

We would love to have up to two representatives from each agency attend the November Regional Provider meetings. Registration is now open:

• Eastern Region: Monday, Nov. 1 | 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Central Region: Monday, Nov. 1 | 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.
• Southwest Region: Tuesday, Nov. 2 | 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Northwest Region: Wednesday, Nov. 3 | 12 – 3 p.m.
• County Lead Agency (CLA): Thursday, Nov. 4 | 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. 
  *Reminder: Pierce, King, Snohomish, and Spokane counties will participate in the CLA convening.

Questions? Please contact Will Moncrease, Jr., DCYF ESIT Partnership & Collaboration Manager. 

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