Dawes severalaty act
Dawes Severalty Act The Dawes Severalty Act was made by the congress in 1887 which also authorized the president of the United States of America to survey the American Indian tribal land so he could divide it into allotments for some individual Indians. The Dawes Act was amended in 1891 and was named for its creator, the senator named Henry Laurens Dawes from and Cummington, Massachusetts. Henry Dawes was also a member of the United States House of Representative of Massachusetts. Basically the whole idea of the government was to integrate Native Americans into the white society by imposing the “civilized” view of land ownership and to encourage the people to leave the reservation life. The Dawes Act had some consequences that evolved from trying to move the Indians from their lands. The Act severally reduced Indian holdings and was not even worth it because on the long run the Dawes Act failed in all respects to its intentions. Many people believed it was just a lead to the loss of a lot of tribal land and the erosion of Indians cultural decisions. It also failed account to Indians who could not afford to the cost of farming supplies such ass seeds and tools. But when the Indian Reorganization Act overturned the Dawes Act in 1934 by making a shift to allow the managing their own affairs. The Dawes failed because the Native Americans were not used to settled agricultural life. The land granted to most the people were not sufficient economic viability, and division of land between heirs upon the allottees deaths resulted in land being divided. Most allotment land, which could be sold after a statutory period of 25 years, was eventually sold to non-Native buyers at a surprisingly cheap price. Also, land was considered to be “surplus” beyond what was needed for allotments was open to white settlers, though the profits from the sales of these lands often invested in programs meant to help and aid the American Indians. The native Americans lost, over nearly 50