Dawes Act implementation

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The Dawes Act implementation was the late-19th-century U.S. federal policy that broke up communal Native American lands into individual allotments, undermining tribal sovereignty and opening surplus lands—such as those in Indian Territory—to non-Native settlement.

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Dawes Act 3
Dawes Act implementation canonical 1
Dawes Commission 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Indian policy
federal policy implementation
administeredBy United States Department of the Interior
surface form: Department of the Interior

Bureau of Indian Affairs
surface form: Office of Indian Affairs
aimedAt assimilation of Native Americans into Euro-American agrarian culture
appliesToGroup Native American individuals
Native American tribes
appliesToLaw Dawes Act implementation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dawes Act
appliesToRegion Great Plains
Great Plains
surface form: Northern Plains

Oklahoma
southwestern United States
surface form: Southwest United States
appliesToTerritory Indian Territory
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endTime 1934
followedBy Indian Reorganization Act implementation
hasEffect breakup of communal tribal landholdings
complex fractionation of allotted land titles over generations
creation of checkerboard patterns of land ownership within reservations
facilitation of railroad and resource development on former Indian lands
fragmentation of tribal land tenure systems
imposition of individual private property concepts
increase in non-Native settlement in former Indian lands
legal disputes over allotment rolls and enrollment
legal erosion of tribal governance over land
long-term socioeconomic disruption in Native communities
loss of tribal control over natural resources
opening of surplus Indian lands to non-Native settlement
reduction of Native American land base
transfer of Native land to non-Native ownership
undermining of tribal sovereignty
weakening of tribal communal economic systems
includesMeasure creation of individual allotments for tribal members
designation of surplus lands after allotment
imposition of trust periods on allotted lands
sale of surplus lands to non-Natives
legalBasis General Allotment Act of 1887
policyGoal dissolution of tribal land ownership
integration of Native Americans as individual landowners and citizens
significantEvent allotment of Native American lands
startTime 1887
timePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century

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Indian Territory significantEvent Dawes Act implementation
Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 predecessor Dawes Act implementation
this entity surface form: Dawes Act
Indian Reorganization Act relatedTo Dawes Act implementation
this entity surface form: Dawes Act
Dawes Act implementation appliesToLaw Dawes Act implementation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dawes Act
Dawes Rolls createdBy Dawes Act implementation
this entity surface form: Dawes Commission