What effect did the Dawes Act have on the Indians?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

It was the beginning of the end of the true "African" natives owner's right of America. The beginning of the lies, to erase true "African" history. The defacing of a nation, etc.

It changed Native American culture drastically. Children were taken away from their parents and raised as whites in boarding schools. This meant that many of these children grew up never being able to speak their native language. Land was taken from Native Americans if whites wanted the land. The Native Americans were given land that no one wanted and often this land was unable to grow crops. Native Americans were no longer able to follow the buffalo or the ways of their ancestors. They were confined to reservations.

Answer 3

They were forced to leave their native land for desert-like reservations. They had to give up their standard of living and learn a new one. also the white settlers deceived them by giving them blankets infected with smallpox and other diseases. and so much more!

Answer 4

it was intended to encourage Native Americans to give up their traditional way of life and become farmers. some agreed and some resisted.

Answer 5

Native Americans lost much of the land that they had before the Dawes Act.

Answer 6

lost their traditional cultural practices

Answer 7

Lost their traditional culture practices