The Indian Citizenship Act Americanized Native Americans giving them full citizenship. The 14th Amendment to Constitution actually gave them that right, but it took legislation from Congress to bring it to fruition.
They crossed the Bering Straight from Asia into the Americas.
The idea that Native Americans should be 'Americanized' goes back at least to the 1700s, but as a government policy, it probably started with the Dawes Act in 1887 and continued through 1924 with the Indian Citizenship Act.
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.
Made Native Americans citizens.
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Native Americans became successful farmers