How would the dawes act have affected the american indians

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Talia Buchanan

8 June, 02:44

How would the dawes act have affected the american indians

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Mathias Meyers · Answer 1

I think this act lessened traditional influences of Indian society by making land ownership private rather than shared. This act promised, but failed to deliver U. S citizenship to Native Americans. The act took about two thirds of Indian land.