Dawes Act - Wikipedia
WEBThe Dawes Act compelled Native Americans to adopt European American culture by prohibiting Indigenous cultural practices and encouraging settler cultural practices and ideologies into Native American families and children.
Dawes Act (1887) | National Archives
WEBOn February 8, 1887, Congress passed the Dawes Act, named for its author, Senator Henry Dawes of Massachusetts. Also known as the General Allotment Act, the law authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals.
The Dawes Act - U.S. National Park Service
WEBJul 9, 2021 — What was the Dawes Act? The Dawes Act (sometimes called the Dawes Severalty Act or General Allotment Act), passed in 1887 under President Grover Cleveland, allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands.
Dawes General Allotment Act | History, Significance, & Facts
WEBDawes General Allotment Act, (February 8, 1887), U.S. law providing for the distribution of Indian reservation land among individual Native Americans, with the aim of creating responsible farmers in the white man’s image.
The Dawes Act of 1887 - ThoughtCo
WEBSep 6, 2021 — The Dawes Act was a U.S. law enacted in 1887 for the stated purpose of racistly assimilating Indigenous peoples into White society. The act offered all Indigenous peoples ownership of “allotments” of non-reservation land for farming.
Dawes Severalty Act approved, ending tribal control of land
WEBNov 16, 2009 — 1887. Dawes Severalty Act approved, ending tribal control of land. In a well-meaning but ultimately flawed attempt to assimilate Native Americans, President Grover Cleveland signs an act to end...
Five Civilized Tribes: Dawes Records | National Archives
WEBAug 23, 2022 — The Dawes Act of February 8, 1887 marks a turning point in determining tribal citizenship. This Act developed a Federal commission tasked with creating Final Rolls for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma (Cherokees, …
The Dawes Act - Origins
WEBThe 1887 passage of the General Allotment Act, colloquially known as the Dawes Act, upended this system of communal land ownership and, in doing so, struck a historic blow at Native Americans’ political rights, economic sufficiency, and cultural heritage.
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Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | DAWES ACT
WEBDesigned to detribalize Indians and assimilate them into mainstream white society by transforming them into selfsupporting farmers and ranchers, the Dawes Act became one of the most far-reaching and, for Native Americans, disastrous pieces of Indian legislation ever passed by Congress.