sentences:  Around the start of the 20th century, non-Indians continued to violate the boundary areas of the Reservation, then encroached into the prime grazing and farmland areas within the Reservation territories.As more and more homesteaders moved into the surrounding areas, pressure was placed on Congress to open up the Fort Peck Reservation to homesteading.On May 30, 1908, Fort Peck Allotment Act was passed by Congress.