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What was the purpose of the Dawes Act

The Dawes Act was an effort to make assimilation the government's official policy. The aim was to "Americanize" the Native Americans , cultivating in them the desire to own property and to farm.

Which group believed that land could be owned

white settlers

Which action by whites hurt the American Indian way of life

Dividing the land for individuals to own

What was the American Indian view of land

land belonged to everyone

An effect of the Dawes act was that American Indians

Lost their traditional cultural practices

Many Americans believed the West was vast open land. In fact the land was populated with

It was populated with French Canadians, Native Americans and Mexicans.

What was a difficulty faced by the Indians under the Dawes act

They were used to working together in communities instead of as individual families.

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