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February 8 marked the 125th anniversary of the notorious Dawes Act. This is part one of a three-part series on this devastating bit of legislation. The Dawes Act was one of the most effective implementations of the colonial and imperialist strategy against Indigenous Peoples of divide-and-conquer — a strategy that combines political, military and economic tactics to gain power over another power by breaking it up into individual units that are powerless to resist domination.