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1. Dawes Act

2. The Dawes Severalty Act
1887
Gave the President authorization to divide reservation land and allot it to
individuals or families.
Forced any Natives that were not living on reservation land to also accept land
allotments rather than living in communal based communities.
This meant that the government could take back large amounts of Native
American land tha

4. Reservations started to model western society culture.
(Forced Assimilation)

5. “INDIAN LAND FOR SALE”
This meant that the government could take back large amounts of Native
American land that had been promised to Native Americans through treaties to
after Indian Removal.
The U.S. Government used this as an opportunity to sell off the land to white
settlers.
Assimilation: By shrinking “Indian” land it was easier to enforce western culture

6. Cleanse the west

7. Boarding Schools
The Dawes Act made it easier for the U.S. to “eliminate the Indian problem”
With the America's drive to eradicate Natives came an increase in Native
American boarding schools
The schools forbid the use of native language.
Students would be violently punished for practicing any traditional customs.

9. Political Cartoon
People Knew of the
brutalization of Native
Americans.
Most were fine with the
conditions Natives lived
through
Marginalization, and
ecocentrism contributed to
assimilation.

10. Indian Law
The dawes act allowed for Native Americans to be tried in State Courts rather than
abiding strictly be Native dictation
Began the processes of stripping sovereignty
Case- Ex Parte Dog Crow
Tried in court as citizens but were still not granted the full rights of American Citizens.