Timeline
The following are significant dates in the story of Frank Matsura in Japan and the U.S.
1887
The Dawes Act, also known as the General Allotment Act, is passed. It allows the federal government to divide tribal land into individual plots with the goal of assimilating Native people and selling off “excess” land to settlers.
1889
Sakae is baptized a Christian by Rev. Kimura Kumaji.
1893
Sakae becomes a Sunday school teacher at the Daimachi Church and works at the church-related dormitory. He also serves as a junior administrator at the Shoei Girls School run by the Okami family.
1898
The Colville Indian Reservation is opened to mining, leading to an influx of outside people eager to make a claim.