tribal and communal living
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
to get the Indian land and to use it for settlements
they spoke to the indian people to be cute
Destroy traditional native american life
destroy traditional native american life
dawes act.
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 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.
destroy traditional native american life
Lost their traditional cultural practices
Lost their traditional cultural practices