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Enactment of the Dawes Act
- When
- 1887-02-08
- Where
- United States
- Part of
- Dawes Act enacted
President Grover Cleveland signed the Dawes Allotment Act into law on February 8, 1887, formalizing the policy of allotment.
The act authorized the President to subdivide Native American tribal communal landholdings into allotments for heads of families and individuals. It was intended to stimulate assimilation by ending tribal government and control of communal lands, aiming to make tribal members a constituent part of the United States.
Sources
- Dawes Act Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-09
- Henry L. Dawes Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-04
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