It gave each head of an Indigenous family 160 acres of farmland or 320 of grazing land and opened up remaining land for settlement
what did the dawes act do?
It divided up tribal lands and aimed to break up tribal structures and It was meant to make Native Americans into individual landowners and farmers.
why was dawes act passed?
To assimilate Native Americans, break up the tribal structure, open up land for white settlement, and promote individual land ownership and farming among Native Americans.
what was the significance of the dawes act?
freed up more land for settlers
indigenous lost half the land they had
most indigenous gave up and sold their land to white settlers
life for indigenous became worse in harder conditions
where was the 160 acres of land for indigenous?
reservations
how did the US gov force the indigenous to assimilate?
