The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 reaffirmed tribal ownership of western lands in the face of white claims to it. was intended to preserve traditional Indian culture. was designed to force Indians to become landowners and farmers. ended the U. S. government's effort to assimilate Indian tribes. denied U. S. citizenship to landowning Indian adults.

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The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 reaffirmed tribal ownership of western lands in the face of white claims to it. was intended to preserve traditional Indian culture. was designed to force Indians to become landowners and farmers. ended the U. S. government's effort to assimilate Indian tribes. denied U. S. citizenship to landowning Indian adults.

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The Dawes Act of 1887 authorized the federal government to break up tribal lands by partitioning them into individual plots. Only those Native American Indians who accepted the individual allotments were allowed to become US citizens.

The objective of the Dawes Act was to assimilate Native American Indians into mainstream US society by annihilating their cultural and social traditions.

Over ninety million acres of tribal land were stripped from Native American Indians and sold to non-natives.