LAD #25 Dawes Act

The Dawes Act was set in place to send the Native Americans to multiple reservations around America. The president now had the power to split up the communal lands held by the different tribes and then give different shares to individual owners. Each person received different amounts of lands based on different factors such as gender, age, or family status. The US could now sell any Indian land to American settlers. The act also tried to make the Native Americans assimilate into American culture. However, the act did not include the 5 civilized tribes at the time. It also gave the government the right to build railroads through the Native American's new land.