(U. S. Statutes at Large, Vol. XXIV, p. 388 ff.) [Congressman Henry Dawes, author of the act, once expressed his faith in the civilizing power of private property with the claim that to be ...

On February 8, 1887, U.S. President Grover Cleveland signed the Dawes Act into law, introducing private land ownership to American Indians. This Date in Native History: On February 8, 1887, U.S.

On April 28, 1897, the Chickasaw and Choctaw agreed to what would be come the Dawes Act, abolishing tribal government and more that led to white settlers. This Date in Native History: On April 28, ...

In 1887, the Dawes Act dividing tribal lands into individual allotments included a provision allowing religious organizations working among Indians to keep up to 160 acres of federal land to ...

The dispute over access to four roads on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation in northern Wisconsin has entered its third year.

In contrast to earlier United States policies of open war, forcible removal, and relocation to address the “Indian Problem,” the Dawes Act of 1887 focused on assimilation and land severalty — making ...