cause the indians didntlike it
the Dawes General Allotment Act.
assimilation
The Dawes Act was created in Massachusetts. The Dawes Act, adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide the land into allotments for individual Indians. The Act was named for its sponsor, Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts. The Dawes Act was amended in 1891 and again in 1906 by the Burke Act. The stated objective of the Dawes Act was to stimulate assimilation of Indians into American society. Individual ownership of land was seen as an essential step. The act also provided that the government would purchase Indian land excess to that needed for allotment and open it up for settlement by non-Indians.
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the Dawes General Allotment Act.
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the Dawes General Allotment Act.
The primary purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act was to promote Indian assimilation. The act was created by a Senator from Massachusetts named Henry Laurens Dawes.
The Dawes Act fulfilled a desire of the U.S. government to suppress the Indian way of life & force assimilation to white culture.
assimilation
Native Americans would have to give up their beliefs and culture to become apart of the white culture, and resulted in the Dawes Act giving land to the Natives for farming, but they were given the worst land to farm on.
The Dawes Act fulfilled a desire of the U.S. government to suppress the Indian way of life & force assimilation to white culture.
The Dawes Act was created in Massachusetts. The Dawes Act, adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide the land into allotments for individual Indians. The Act was named for its sponsor, Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts. The Dawes Act was amended in 1891 and again in 1906 by the Burke Act. The stated objective of the Dawes Act was to stimulate assimilation of Indians into American society. Individual ownership of land was seen as an essential step. The act also provided that the government would purchase Indian land excess to that needed for allotment and open it up for settlement by non-Indians.
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c. Western Native Americans were not used to settled agriculture life
The Dawes Act was passed in 1887 and it tried to dissolve Indian tribes by redistributing the land. It was designed to forestall growing Indian poverty, but it resulted in many Indians losing their land to speculators.