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US legislative act regulating Native American tribal lands
The Dawes Act of 1887 (also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887) regulated land rights on tribal territories within
Dawes_Act
1893 registry of citizens living on US tribal lands
The Dawes Rolls (also known as the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes or the Dawes Commission of Final Rolls) were created
Dawes_Rolls
American politician (1816–1903)
United States representative from Massachusetts. He is notable for the Dawes Act (1887), which was intended to stimulate the assimilation of Native Americans
Henry_L._Dawes
Type of political status of Native Americans
Congress on 8 February 1887, the Dawes Act was named for senator Henry L. Dawes from Massachusetts, full name "An Act to Provide for the Allotment of Lands
Tribal sovereignty in the United States
Tribal_sovereignty_in_the_United_States
American assimilation group
Indian was the passage of the Dawes Act (also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887). This act allowed the U.S. Federal Government
Friends_of_the_Indian
Amendment to the U.S. Dawes Act
state in 1907, residents could also vote for state officials. Dawes Act Dawes Commission Dawes Rolls Atoka Agreement Aboriginal title in the United States
Curtis_Act_of_1898
American ethnologist, anthropologist, social scientist
and Winnebago tribes. Alice Fletcher helped write and pass the Dawes Act of 1887. This act imposed a system of private land ownership on Indigenous tribes
Alice_Cunningham_Fletcher
1924 US federal law granting citizenship to Native Americans
Territory. Subsequent passage of the Burke Act of 1906, withheld US citizenship granted by the Dawes Act until the trust period for an allotment expired
Indian_Citizenship_Act
Type of political status of Native Americans
them no protection." Passed by Congress in 1887, the "Dawes Act" was named for Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts, Chairman of the Senate's Indian Affairs
Domestic_dependent_nations
President of the United States (1885–1889; 1893–1897)
Commerce Act of 1887, which made the railroad industry the first industry subject to federal regulation by a regulatory body, and the Dawes Act, which subdivided
Grover_Cleveland
Indigenous people of North America
Allotment Act (Dawes Act), which began the assimilation of Dakota and Lakota people by forcing them to give up their traditional way of life. The Dawes Act ended
Sioux
Land managed by Native American nations under the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs
no reservation at all. Historical piecemeal land allocations under the Dawes Act facilitated sales to non–Native Americans, resulting in some reservations
Indian_reservation
Authority for tribes of Indigenous people in the United States
Indians received through the Dawes Act. Very soon after many of the Indians losing the land which they earned through the Dawes Act, white settlers moved in
Indian_country_jurisdiction
1906 amendment to the Dawes Act
Burke Act (1906), formally known as the General Allotment Act Amendment of 1906 and also called the Forced Fee Patenting Act, amended the Dawes Act of 1887
Burke_Act
President of the United States from 1877 to 1881
western Native Americans anticipated the assimilationist program of the Dawes Act of 1887. At the end of his term, Hayes kept his pledge not to run for
Rutherford_B._Hayes
previously guaranteed to tribes by treaties and federal law. Henry Dawes, who authored the Dawes Act, was quoted as saying that to be civilized, one must "wear
American Indian Defense Association
American_Indian_Defense_Association
1893 US federal commission and envoy to Native American tribal leadership
The American Dawes Commission, named for its first chairman Henry L. Dawes, was authorized under a rider to an Indian Office appropriation bill, March
Dawes_Commission
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up dawes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dawes may refer to: Dawes (Parish), New South Wales Dawes Point, New South Wales Dawes Arboretum, in
Dawes
Poverty on Native American reservations
government policy underwent a transformation. In 1887, the Dawes Act was passed. The Dawes Act represented a shift in federal policy towards American Indians
Reservation_poverty
Anishinaabe / Ojibwe reservation in Minnesota
government, in the late 19th century and early 20th century. According to the Dawes Act of 1887, the communal land was to be allotted to individual households
White Earth Indian Reservation
White_Earth_Indian_Reservation
Topics referred to by the same term
to: Allotment (Dawes Act), an area of land held by the US Government for the benefit of an individual Native American, under the Dawes Act of 1887 Allotment
Allotment
Native American religious movement
believed to have contributed to Lakota resistance to assimilation under the Dawes Act. The Lakota variation on the Ghost Dance tended to be directed towards
Ghost_Dance
Native American grouping from Ohio
individual households in a government assimilation effort related to the Dawes Act (1887) and extinguishing Indian claims to prepare for the admission of
Mingo
Canadian-American United States Indian agent and inspector
To implement the Dawes Act among the Plains tribes, officials registered all tribal members on what have become known as the Dawes Rolls. Documented
James McLaughlin (Indian agent)
James_McLaughlin_(Indian_agent)
Type of mineral property right in the U.S.
except for the mineral council. In 1887, the United States passed the Dawes Act to begin the allotment of Indian reservations. Since the Osage Nation
Osage_headright
U.S. presidential administration from 1885 to 1889
Native leaders endorsed the act, in practice the majority of Native Americans disapproved of it. Cleveland believed the Dawes Act would lift Native Americans
First presidency of Grover Cleveland
First_presidency_of_Grover_Cleveland
standard subjects, attend church, and leave tribal traditions behind. The Dawes Act of 1887, which allotted tribal lands in severalty to individuals, was
Cultural assimilation of Native Americans
Cultural_assimilation_of_Native_Americans
Statute used by the United States Congress
competent to make or enact if this act had not been passed" The Dawes Act, (also called "The General Allotment Act") was adopted by Congress in 1887,
Oklahoma_Organic_Act
President of the United States from 1881 to 1885
Congress to adopt the idea during his administration but, in 1887, the Dawes Act changed the law to favor such a system. The allotment system was favored
Chester_A._Arthur
American class-action lawsuit
into the mass of our citizens." Under the "General Allotment Act of 1887" (the Dawes Act), communal tribal lands were divided and assigned to heads of
Cobell_v._Salazar
Federally recognized tribe chief executives
government dismantled the Cherokee Nation's governmental structure under the Dawes Act (except for allowing the tribe to retain limited authority to deal with
List of Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee
List_of_Principal_Chiefs_of_the_Cherokee
American politician (1835–1890)
allotment of communal land to tribal members, as was passed under the Dawes Act. As this would extinguish tribal land rights, Boudinot also worked to
Elias_Cornelius_Boudinot
1928 report
its strong criticism of the Dawes Act and analysis of its failings. Also known as the General Allotment Act, the Dawes Act of 1887 had sought to break
Meriam_Report
continued to be reduced through policies like the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and later the Dawes Act, which undermined communal landholding. In the 20th century
History of Native Americans in the United States
History_of_Native_Americans_in_the_United_States
2007 US TV film directed by Yves Simoneau
such hopes. Henry L. Dawes wanted to increase the cultural assimilation of Native Americans into American society by his Dawes Act (1887) and his later
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)
Bury_My_Heart_at_Wounded_Knee_(film)
American activist (1844–1921)
Sioux in their struggle to fight the US government's attempt via the Dawes Act to expropriate vast portions of the Great Sioux Reservation for the purpose
Caroline_Weldon
2004 book by American writer Ward Churchill
genocidal in intent. He also addresses the effects of what is known as the Dawes Act, by which communal reservation land was allotted to individual households
Kill_the_Indian,_Save_the_Man
Daughter of Grover Cleveland (1891–1904)
Pension Act Hatch Act of 1887 Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887 Texas Seed Bill Berlin Conference Scott Act Dawes Act Indian Appropriations Act of
Ruth_Cleveland
Vice President of the United States from 1929 to 1933
Representatives. There, he sponsored and helped pass the Curtis Act of 1898, which extended the Dawes Act to the Five Civilized Tribes of the Indian Territory.
Charles_Curtis
Native American tribe in Oklahoma
Pawnee counties. The Coyote Band rejoined the Quaker Band. But under the Dawes Act, in the 1890s, their communal holdings of the reservation were distributed
Otoe–Missouria Tribe of Indians
Otoe–Missouria_Tribe_of_Indians
Ponca chief and civil rights leader
Henry L. Dawes, for whom the Dawes Act was named, that it would "pluck the Indian like a bird" within three months. Politically, the Dawes Act seriously
Chief_White_Eagle
Native American tribe in Oklahoma
was transferred to Ottawa County, which could sell it. Under the Dawes Act and Curtis Act of 1898, the US government created rolls of tribal citizens to
Peoria_people
January 1870 killing of Native Americans by the U.S. Army in Montana
orders reducing the size of the reservation. In 1887, Congress passed the Dawes Act, which stripped an additional 17 million acres from the Blackfeet. Many
Marias_Massacre
American organization concerned with Native Americans
publications, and influenced national policy, including the passing of the Dawes Act in 1887. Its main objectives were to assimilate Indians through Christian
Women's National Indian Association
Women's_National_Indian_Association
1889 land run in Oklahoma, US
territories in the Southeast. The government passed an Act called the Dawes Severality (or Dawes Act) in 1887 that aimed to extinguish communal tribal holdings
Land_Rush_of_1889
Native American tribe
until the tribe was formed under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Under the Dawes Act, the land was allotted in 1892 to individual households. The
Oneida_Nation_of_Wisconsin
Era of US history from the 1870s to the late 1890s
integration and the resulting loss of their traditional life. In 1887, the Dawes Act proposed to divide tribal land and parcel out 160 acres (0.65 km2) of
Gilded_Age
Surname list
Dawes is a surname. Al-Amir Dawes (born 2001), American basketball player Albert Dawes (1907–1973), English association footballer Alfred Dawes, Jamaican
Dawes_(surname)
Period in US history
Perce War in 1877, the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, the passage of the Dawes Act in 1887, and the Spanish–American War in 1898. In 1848
Greater_Reconstruction
Indigenous people of the United States
the Confederate States of America. In the late 19th century, the Dawes Act and Curtis Act dismantled tribal landholdings and dissolved tribal governments
Choctaw
Cherokee leader (1852–1892)
to accept allotment of the tribal lands to individual households. The Dawes Act was passed in February 1887 to begin that process of breaking up tribal
Ned_Christie
Cheyenne-Anglo Confederate soldier
forced to accept allotment of lands to individual households under the Dawes Act. In the early twentieth century, Bent became an important source, or informant
George_Bent
Indigenous peoples of North America
Washington and Oklahoma Indian Territory after the Nez Perce War of 1877, and Dawes Act of 1887 land allotments, the Nez Perce remain as a distinct culture and
Nez_Perce
Three-person bi-partisan body created by President Benjamin Harrison
produced no results with the Osage, Kaw, Otoe and Ponca groups. The 1887 Dawes Act empowered the President of the United States to survey commonly held tribal
Cherokee_Commission
Daughter of Grover Cleveland (1893–1980)
Pension Act Hatch Act of 1887 Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887 Texas Seed Bill Berlin Conference Scott Act Dawes Act Indian Appropriations Act of
Esther_Cleveland
American politician (1830–1914)
Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Dawes Act, intended to break up communal Native American lands and force assimilation
Henry_M._Teller
Former Indian reservation in the United States
1887, the United States Congress passed the General Allotment Act, also called the Dawes Act, to break up communal tribal lands on reservations and assign
Great_Sioux_Reservation
Muscogee formerly enslaved people and their descendants
1893, the United States Dawes Commission under the direction of Henry L. Dawes was established by an act of Congress. The Dawes Act was part of a continuing
Muscogee_Freedmen
United States Supreme Court case
dependent domestic nations. This recognition allowed Congress to pass the Dawes Act the following year. The case has been criticized by legal scholars as
United_States_v._Kagama
Concept for social justice in climate change context
Concepts like Manifest Destiny and laws like the Indian Removal Act (1830) and Dawes Act (1887) allowed for the exploitation of these communities in pursuit
Climate_justice
Native American tribe
the Coyote band rejoined the Quakers on their reservation. Under the Dawes Act, by 1907 members of the tribes were registered and allotted individual
Missouria
American actor and politician (1903-1995)
Pension Act Hatch Act of 1887 Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887 Texas Seed Bill Berlin Conference Scott Act Dawes Act Indian Appropriations Act of
Francis_Cleveland
Native American writer and actor (1868–1939)
Reorganization Act of 1934, legislation reversing 50 years of assimilation policies by emphasizing Indian self-determination and the Dawes Act's policy of
Luther_Standing_Bear
1916 United States Supreme Court case
decision which declared that Native Americans granted citizenship by the Dawes Act were also then citizens of the state in which they resided, meaning the
United_States_v._Nice
President of the United States from 1889 to 1893
successful. This policy, known as the allotment system and embodied in the Dawes Act, was favored by liberal reformers at the time, but eventually proved detrimental
Benjamin_Harrison
U.S. state
treaties, the U.S. government responded by enacting the Dawes Act in 1887 and the Curtis Act of 1898. The acts abolished tribal governments, eliminated
Oklahoma
American folk rock band
Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young. Dawes was formed from the band Simon Dawes after the departure of co-songwriter Blake Mills. The
Dawes_(band)
Native American tribe in Oklahoma
of life in an attempt to "Americanize" them. In 1892, under the Dawes Allotment Act, the US government created rolls of tribal citizens and allocated
Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Ponca_Tribe_of_Indians_of_Oklahoma
of granting dual citizenship to natives. Although the Dawes Act, and especially the Snyder Act, ensured citizenship for all Native Americans, states still
Native Americans in United States elections
Native_Americans_in_United_States_elections
Americans, played a significant role in this involvement. The passage of the Dawes Act in 1887 led to the breakup of reservations, which were divided into allotments
Native Americans in vaudeville
Native_Americans_in_vaudeville
Indian reservation in Arizona and California, USA
after the eastern part of the reservation was declared surplus under the Dawes Act. In 2009, the Quechan Tribe opened a large gaming resort, the Quechan
Fort_Yuma_Indian_Reservation
Vice President of the United States from 1925 to 1929
for his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations, and a member of the Republican Party. Born in Marietta, Ohio, Dawes attended Cincinnati Law
Charles_G._Dawes
Law attempting to move Native Americans
Relocation Act can be seen as a successor of legal and institutionalized settler-colonialist policies beginning with the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887, which
Indian_Relocation_Act_of_1956
1867 resettlement agreement between the US government and southern Plains Indian tribes
as it required. In addition, by changing allotment policy under the Dawes Act and authorizing sales under the Agreement with the Cheyenne and Arapaho
Medicine_Lodge_Treaty
Indian reservation in Washington, United States
General Allotment Act (Dawes Act) of 1887, the members of the tribes at the Colville reservation were registered and land allotted. An 1892 act of Congress
Colville_Indian_Reservation
American novelist
which she had received as head of household in an allotment under the Dawes Act. Coyote Stories (1933) is a collection of what Mourning Dove called Native
Mourning_Dove_(author)
Tribes recognized as sovereign by the United States
terminated by the Indian Reorganization Act. Passed by Congress in 1887, the "Dawes Act" was named for Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts, Chairman of the
Federally_recognized_tribe
Organic Act, which was designed to extinguish tribal communal land claims. The land was attached to an Indian Territory prior to passage of the Dawes Act and
Quapaw_Indian_Agency
Indigenous peoples of the United States
the loan is not paid. Efforts to encourage land ownership (such as the Dawes Act) resulted in a net loss of tribal land. After they were familiarized with
Native Americans in the United States
Native_Americans_in_the_United_States
Kiowa warrior
Lone Wolf and his group particularly opposed the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Act which was enacted in 1887. The Jerome Commission was one of fifteen
Lone_Wolf_the_Younger
measures like the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which forcibly relocated thousands of Indigenous people, and the Dawes Act of 1887, which divided Indigenous
List of sports team names and mascots derived from indigenous peoples
List_of_sports_team_names_and_mascots_derived_from_indigenous_peoples
Nationalist organisation for preserving Cherokee spiritual beliefs
approved the Dawes Severalty Act (General Allotment Act), which began the forced transfer of Indian tribal lands to individual ownership. The Dawes Commission
Keetoowah_Nighthawk_Society
Native American tribe in Oklahoma
believing this was the best policy for them. Congress passed the Curtis Act and Dawes Act, legislation requiring the dismantling of communal lands on other
Osage_Nation
U.S. federal law to consolidate Native Americans
Congress on January 14, 1889, the Nelson Act was the equivalent for reservations in Minnesota to the Dawes Act of 1887, which had mandated allotting communal
Nelson_Act_of_1889
Governor of the Chicksaw Nation (1856–1939)
the Chickasaw Nation from 1898 to 1902. He was re-elected in 1904. The Dawes Act broke up much of the communal lands of the tribes. It changed how tribal
Douglas_H._Johnston
All types of U.S. capital cities
out of brick. The building served as the capitol until 1907, when the Dawes Act finally dissolved the Cherokee Nation and Tahlequah became the county
List of capitals in the United States
List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States
American Indian tribe in Oklahoma, United States
unwillingly, in the allotment process implemented through the Dawes Act of 1887. Under this Act, the Citizen Potawatomi people were forced to accept individual
Citizen_Potawatomi_Nation
Native American tribe based in the United States and Mexico
Tribe of Oklahoma. The reservation was short-lived. In 1893 under the Dawes Act, their communal tribal lands were broken up and assigned to separate member
Kickapoo
Native American grouping
from the Southeast.[citation needed] In the late 19th century, under the Dawes Act and related legislation, the US government decided to break up communal
Five_Civilized_Tribes
Leader of the Oglala Lakota (1822–1909)
even after being forced onto the reservation. In 1887, he opposed the Dawes Act, which broke up communal tribal holdings and allocated 160-acre (65 ha)
Red_Cloud
Indigenous people of the United States
the Oneida, as well as privatization of common lands pursuant to the Dawes Act of 1887, which allowed such after a 25-year trust period. Hill, however
Oneida_people
of Native Americans to the majority culture, including support for the Dawes Act of 1887. This proposed allotment of lands in Indian Territory to individual
Mary_Bonney
Land granted to the Southern Cheyenne and the Southern Arapaho
agency of the Cherokee Commission, acting under the provisions of the Dawes Act, broke the treaty. It allotted a 160-acre parcel to each household for
Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation
Cheyenne_and_Arapaho_Indian_Reservation
U.S. domestic policy of ethnic cleansing
1906 Wheeler–Howard Act Nelson Act of 1889, Minnesota's version of the Dawes Act Cultural assimilation of Native Americans Aboriginal title in the United
Indian_removal
Historic sovereign territory set aside for Native American nations, 1834–1907
national basis through the passage of The Dawes Act, also called General Allotment Act, or Dawes Severalty Act of 1887) That a land patent, or "first-title
Indian_Territory
Several related U.S. laws
Native American tribes and the federal government. Cherokee Commission Dawes Act Indian Peace Commission Medicine Lodge Treaty Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Indian_Appropriations_Act
Unincorporated community in California, United States
part of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation was declared surplus under the Dawes Act. The first post office at Bard opened in 1910 and closed in 1933. The
Bard,_California
Largest federally recognized tribe in the United States
result of allotments of land to individual Navajo households under the Dawes Act of 1887. This experiment was designed to assimilate Native Americans into
Navajo_Nation
American lawyer (1897–1974)
Pension Act Hatch Act of 1887 Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887 Texas Seed Bill Berlin Conference Scott Act Dawes Act Indian Appropriations Act of
Richard_F._Cleveland
United States territory (1861–1889)
of Indian Education for the Dakotas. The government believed that the Dawes Act (1887), which attempted to move the Indians from hunting to farming, in
Dakota_Territory
DAWES ACT
DAWES ACT
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly southern)
English (chiefly southern) : patronymic from Law 1.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Indian, Muslim
One who Knows Dates
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Plant of dates soft, mild, clemency
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Daw 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name from the area referred to as ‘the Dales’ in northern England. See also Dale.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : nickname for a needy person, from Hebrew dalus̄ ‘poverty’.
Surname or Lastname
English (southern)
English (southern) : patronymic from Haw 2.English (southern) : from a Norman female personal name, Haueis, from Germanic Haduwidis, composed of the elements hadu ‘strife’, ‘contention’ + widi ‘wide’.
Boy/Male
Muslim
One who knows dates, Tall
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic or genitive from Dane, variant of Dean 2, i.e. ‘son (or servant) of the dean’.Dutch : patronymic from a short form of Daniel.Czech and Slovak (Daneš) : variant of Daňek (see Danek).
Boy/Male
Muslim Arabic
One who knows dates.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : patronymic from Daw 1.German (Däwes) : either a patronymic from a personal name Davo, or a variant spelling of Tewes.William Dawes (1745–99) was a prominent citizen of Boston, MA, and rode with Paul Revere to warn colonists of the British invasion in 1775. He is buried in Boston’s King’s Chapel Burying Ground.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish : variant spelling of Daw.
Boy/Male
Indian
One who knows dates, Tall
Boy/Male
Indian
Joy, Happiness, Unripe dates
Boy/Male
Muslim
Joy, Happiness, Unripe dates
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, Irish
From the Dales; The Valley Meadows
Boy/Male
Indian
One who knows dates, Tall
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
One who Knows Dates
Girl/Female
Norse
Joy of the Danes.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Muslim
One who knows dates, Tall
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