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President Jefferson pushes for Native land acquisition through federal debt.
Date: 1801
Indigenous
Laws/legislation/policy
Colonization
Economy
Jefferson recommends that territorial governors acquire debts from Native people as a mechanism for acquiring their lands and addressing the federal deficit.
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