How the Dawes Act cratered Native American wealth for generations. Under the Dawes Act of 1887, Native Americans lost more than 90 million acres of tribal land, which were sold to non-Native citizens.

(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 ...

In 1887, the Dawes act attempted to integrate tribes into white society. In 1887, the Dawes act (also known as the Allotment Act) was passed, which was an attempt to integrate Native Tribes into ...