Dawes Act (1887) U.S. Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts Legal effort to force Indians into the white American mold- ASSIMILATION 160 Acres.

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Dawes Act (1887) U.S. Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts Legal effort to force Indians into the white American mold- ASSIMILATION 160 Acres of land to each Indian family Dissolved tribal governments Granted citizenship to native Americans if they “adopted the habits of civilized life” Support of Indian schools Represented the climax of the effort to force Indians into the white American mold.

Most Native Americans sunk into worse poverty than southern sharecroppers

Dawes Act – 1887 Assimilation

Native Americans during mathematics class at Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania