The Dawes Act of 1887 By Matt Michniewicz, Cameron Harrell, Tae Hoon Park, and Jacob Friedman.

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The Dawes Act of 1887 By Matt Michniewicz, Cameron Harrell, Tae Hoon Park, and Jacob Friedman

The Dawes Act (February 8th, 1887) encouraged Native Americans to give up their culture; become farmers Native Americans sent to reservations reservations: broken into 160 acre or 320 acre plots for each head of family government sold left over land to white settlers

Henry Dawes Congressman from Massachusetts Sponsored General Allotment Act (the Dawes Act) Goal: to create independent farmers out of Indians

Native American Life Before… 150 million acres belonged to them Hunted buffalo, elk, deer, kept some horses, went fishing NO private property

Tribes To Be Effected Most tribes in the Great Plains *************************** “FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES” (negotiated in 1893) Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws and Seminoles

Effects On Native Americans Children went to school to be trained as American citizens Before: 150 million acres remained in Indian hands After: 2/3 of that land was gone

Failure of the Dawes Act Not enough land to farm Wrong/no tools Did not have money to be successful

Reactions “The Indian may now become a free man… This bill may therefore be considered as the MAGNA CARTA of the Indians of our country.” -leader of “Friends of the Indians” ======the other side==== “We do not want our land cut up in little pieces…” – Nez Perce

The Aftermath Land selected for Indians were soon controlled by non-Indians Indians then received inadequate payment for the land they gave up Indians usually spent money right away (not used to managing money) -

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