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Bookmark or Share- Five Civilized Tribes: Dawes Records | National ArchivesThe Dawes Act of February 8, 1887 marks a turning point in determining tribal citizenship. This Act developed a Federal commission tasked with creating Final Rolls for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma (Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles).
- Dawes Act - WikipediaThe Dawes Act compelled Native Americans to adopt European American culture by prohibiting Indigenous cultural practices and encouraging settler cultural practices and ideologies into Native American families and children.
- The Dawes Act - OriginsThe 1887 passage of the General Allotment Act, colloquially known as the Dawes Act, upended this system of communal land ownership and, in doing so, struck a historic blow at Native Americans’ political rights, economic sufficiency, and cultural heritage.
- The Dawes Act of 1887 - ThoughtCoThe Dawes Act was a U.S. law enacted in 1887 for the stated purpose of racistly assimilating Indigenous peoples into White society. The act offered all Indigenous peoples ownership of “allotments” of non-reservation land for farming.
- The Dawes Act - Khan AcademyThe Dawes Act of 1887, sometimes referred to as the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 or the General Allotment Act, was signed into law on January 8, 1887, by US President Grover Cleveland. The act authorized the president to confiscate and redistribute tribal lands in the American West.
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