The Dawes Act of 1887<span> (also known as the </span>General Allotment Act<span> or the </span>Dawes Severalty Act of 1887),[1][2]<span> adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey </span>American Indian<span> tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. Those who accepted allotments and lived separately from the tribe would be granted United States citizenship. The Dawes Act was amended in 1891, in 1898 by the </span>Curtis Act<span>, and again in 1906 by the </span>Burke Act<span>. </span>
Explanation: It was a law passed on February 8, 1887 by the federal government, and that was introduced by Senator Henry L. Dawes; which consisted of the distribution of land to Native Americans from different reserves and that was created with the objective of converting them into farmers through the process of land allocation for cultivation. However, this law had its negative aspects by disintegrating the social unity that the different indigenous tribes that existed at that time maintained, so it had modifications after its first approval.
