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By Diviya Rajesh, Caroline Ressler, and Andrew Ciatto

The Dawes Act. An Unsuccessful Attempt to Equalize Native Americans. By Diviya Rajesh, Caroline Ressler, and Andrew Ciatto. General Facts About the Dawes Act. The Dawes Act, also known as the General Allotment Act, was created by and named after Henry Dawes, a Massachusetts congressman.

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By Diviya Rajesh, Caroline Ressler, and Andrew Ciatto

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  1. The Dawes Act An Unsuccessful Attempt to Equalize Native Americans By Diviya Rajesh, Caroline Ressler, and Andrew Ciatto

  2. General Facts About the Dawes Act The Dawes Act, also known as the General Allotment Act, was created by and named after Henry Dawes, a Massachusetts congressman. The act was approved on February 8, 1887. The Dawes Act was the major Indian Policy up until the 1930s. Assimilation- The Americanizing of Native Americans

  3. What Did the Act do for Natives and White Settlers? History • Native Americans • Provided the Native Americans with 160 acres of land for each family • Forced many Native Americans off of their land and on to worse plots of land • Sent Native settlers' children to boarding schools • White Settlers • Provided the White Settlers with much more land Make a timeline of the important historical events

  4. Effect of The Dawes Act

  5. Effect ofThe Dawes Act

  6. Conclusion The Dawes Act was not as successful as Henry Dawes and many others would have hoped. Most of the Native Americans did not want to be farmers. Those who did want to be farmers could not afford it.

  7. Resources http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0600/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0600/stories/0601_0200.html http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=50 http://www.enotes.com/major-acts-congress/indian-general-allotment-act-dawes-act

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