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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.
Everyone from adventuresome people , to entrepeneurs , scammers , and the desperate. Everyone saw the opportunity differently, but it was an important part of expansion Westward in the US, and it worked well . If not, we'd all still be living in Kansa City, so personally, I am very grateful to those hardy pioneer men and women who eventually made it possible for us to expand to West Coast. Those that lingered in the Plains states are still very important to our food supply to this day . I salute each and every one of them.
White Americans, freed slaves, and immigrants.
Dividing the land for individuals to own
land belonged to everyone
After the civil war cattle ranching become a good job because the demand for beef from cattle rose in the East.
the battle of the little bighorn
To move them to specific lands
Tenant farmers used their own tools and animals
all of the above
They were used to working together in communities instead of as individual families.
