LAD #25: Dawes Severalty Act

In 1887, the president passed this act in order to take care of the Native Americans. This act created Indian Reservations, which would be on land that was unwanted by settlers. No reservation would be on land that was wanted by Americans. One quarter acre of land was allotted to each family, man over eighteen, and orphans, so they would have a space to live, and they could sell the land if they pleased. To a single person under eighteen one sixteenth of an acre land would be given. The president had the power to adjust this if he pleased, so they were not final. Reservation land could be decided by the Native Americans. Everyone who owned a share of the lands who benefit from it. Also if Native Americans wanted citizenship, it was offered to some tribes.