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Explanation: The Dawes Act of 1887 (also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887; named after Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusett) authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal communal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals. This would convert traditional systems of land tenure into a government-imposed system of private property by forcing Native Americans to "assume a capitalist and proprietary relationship with property" that did not previously exist in their cultures.The act would declare remaining lands after allotment as "surplus" and available for sale, including to non-Natives.Before private property could be dispensed, the government had to determine "which Indians were eligible" for allotments, which propelled an "official search for a federal definition of Indian-ness."
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Responses may vary but should include some or all of the following information: The Dawes Act, also known as the General Allotment Act of 1887, gave land to tribal members who met certain requirements. The act was effectively the end of American Indians’ tribal land ownership. The goal of the act was to assimilate American Indians into white culture and require them to join the homestead movement. Through the homestead movement, the president decided who received land grants. The government split the land, giving 160 acres to each head of household and 40 – 80 acres to each unmarried adult. Each grantee became a US citizen, which also meant being subject to US laws. Grantees had to tend the land for 25 years. The lands of the Five Tribes were excluded.
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