XXIV, p. 388 ff.) Age, gender, and family status will then determine how much land each individual is granted.

This act took Native American’s land and split it into individual properties. To understand this, it's helpful to take a quick look at how most Native American societies operated.

Severalty definition, the state of being separate. LAD #25: Dawes Severalty Act In 1887 the Dawes Act was passed. Dawes Act also known as General Allotment Act or Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 Henry Laurens Dawes Senator Henry Laurens Dawes of Massachusetts. See more. The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 is just one of many examples of how our government attempted to wipe out Native American culture. Dawes Severalty Act Who: Native American Indians, U.S. Government, Indian Rights Association, Women’s National Indian Association, Helen Hunt Jackson What: A law terminating tribal ownership of land and allotting some parcels of land to individual Indians … The Dawes Commission set up under an […] Kelsey's APUSH Blog Sunday, January 6, 2013. Dawes's plan was to 'save' Native Americans by changing their way of life. The Dawes Act of 1887 was a United States post-Indian Wars law intended to assimilate Indians into white U.S. society by encouraging them to abandon their tribally-owned reservation lands, along with their cultural and social traditions. The Native Americans were then relocated to a predetermined area specifically set aside for them. LAD # 25: Dawes Severalty Act of 1877 Published in 1877, The Dawes Act allows the President the right to take the communal tribal lands, divide them up, and then divide them into shares to be held by individual residents. This paper will discuss the Dawes Act, particularly the time leading up to the act, the act itself, and finally its failure. The Dawes Act February 8, 1887 (U. S. Statutes at Large, Vol. The Dawes Act. Sami's APUSH Blog Saturday, January 18, 2014. The objectives of the Dawes Act were to lift the Native Americans out of poverty and to stimulate assimilation of them into mainstream American society.