And they draw on a variety of sources to make that ... Farrell: A lot of forces came into play. Still, the 1887 Dawes Act is highlighted. Marshall-Genzer: And just a little background here ...

(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 this day in 1887, President Grover Cleveland signed the Dawes Severalty Act, reversing a long-standing U.S. policy that permitted Indian tribes to maintain communal control of their lands and ...

Nonetheless, Dawes, a three-term U.S. senator from Pittsfield, made his mark in Congress by sponsoring the General Allotment Act of 1887 -- also known as the Dawes Act -- which authorized the ...

The paternalistic Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 also continued to shape U.S. policy toward Native Americans. Under this act, the federal government redistributed tribal lands to heads of families in ...