As a consequence of the Dawes Act, by 1900, American Indians

The Dawes Act divided tribal lands into individual allotments and opened land not allotted to Native Americans for sale to settlers. This policy caused a major loss of Indigenous land; by 1900, American Indians had lost about half of the land they held in 1881. So the correct choice is “had lost half the land they held in 1881.”

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