The Dawes Act of 1887 allowed the US government to divide Native American communal land into individual parcels, with the Bureau of Indian Affairs having control over the process. It was intended to help assimilate Native Americans into society but is now seen as mostly harmful. The law disrupted traditional ways of life and distributed […]
The Dawes Act, passed in 1887, aimed to protect Native Americans by giving them private land. However, the US government chose inferior land, causing many to sell to white settlers. The Act also caused fragmentation of tribes and loss of culture, leading to a rise in landless Native Americans. The Dawes Act was a piece […]
