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The Dawes Act was an effort to make assimilation the government's official policy. The aim was to "Americanize" the Native Americans , cultivating in them the desire to own property and to farm.

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To divide Indian lands into small, privately owned units. I got ya apex :)

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To divide Indian lands into small, privately owned units.

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to divide indian lands into small, privately owned units

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