Dawes Act
private Propert ownership
Native Americans lost much of the land that they had before the passage of the act.
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Made Native Americans citizens.
President Andrew Jackson.
Dawes Act
intended to americanize native Americans by distributing reservation land to individual owners..
dawes severalty act of 1887
It attempted to assimilate (or Americanize) the Native Americans. This did not work however, as most of the Indians did not want to be assimilated, and wars broke out.
The American government tried to Americanize the Native American population by offering land and citizenship to those who would give up their tribal traditions and culture. The Dawes Act (February 8, 1887) encouraged several Native Americans to do as such. The Act basically regarded this distribution of land to Native Americans in Oklahoma.
private Propert ownership
The United States congress admitted that the Dawes Act was intended to extinguish native Americans tribal unity, governments and cultures.
Native Americans lost much of the land that they had before the passage of the act.
It gave Native Americans more land The Dawes General Allotment Act granted the Native Americans land allotments and citizenship.
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Native Americans became successful farmers.
To assimilate Native Americans to white culture. Dawes Act was also a factor.