The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws which regulate an establishment of religion, prohibit the free exercise of religion, or abridge the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or the right to petition
The Curtis act of 1898 was an amendment to the United States Dawes act ; it resulted in the break-up of tribal governments and communal lands in Indian territory
