- Historical Eras > Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913) (x)
- Tag > Dawes Act (x)
- Tag > Native Americans (x)
We found 2 items that match your search
Federal Agents Hope to Change Indians' Attitudes about Land Ownership
Federal bureaucrats devised several methods to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American values and culture. One strategy involved trying to change Native Americans' traditional sense of communally held land to a belief in individually [...]
Tags: Dawes Act, Native Americans
Item Type: Government Document
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)
Native Americans Describe Traditional Views of Land Ownership
The Dawes Act of 1887 sought to assimilate Native Americans by, among other things, transforming their traditional uses and attitudes about land and land ownership to more mainstream American values of private ownership and settled farming. Some [...]
Tags: Dawes Act, Native Americans
Item Type: Speech
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)