Dawes Act Pros And Cons

The Dawes Act was definitely the biggest taking of a stand that America had seen in theIndustrial Era. This is simply because it simply gave the native Americans a quick way to learnthe ways of the Colonists and such. For the American culture to succeed over the, rather savage,native cultures, was a huge accomplishment for the United States.Instead of lands being for each tribe and such, this law changed it so that the nativeswould have land by person. This made it so they could adapt to buying property and owningproperty rather than sharing all of the property they had with each other. To have another culture,integrate into your culture is a great victory! Artists and musicians know this far too well sincethey want their music to be heard

It’s the same inthis situation since the native Americans have odd and somewhat neanderthalic traditions, atleast compared to the colonists.The purpose of the Dawes Act was supposedly to keep the rights of the NativeAmericans, however we just made them have to adapt to us. This sounds cruel on our part but itwas the only useful way to have them comply. We took a stand against them and we beat them.Our culture overtook theirs mostly, and we’ve proven that we are not a puny force. With justlaws and culture we are able to win over people. That’s diplomatic and cultural victories. Wedidn’t even talk about how we could have had our armies take care of them, or just completelysurpass them in technology, so far that they’d have to bow down to us just from pure fear of whatwe’ll discover. In 1893, President Grover Cleveland appointed the Dawes Commission to negotiate withthe Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes which were also known as theonly five civilized tribes. During this commission, they agreed that they would abolish

Another easyvictory for the United States. Allotment of Indian lands was institutionalized in 1887 by theDawes Act. Indian communities continue to face the effects of this legislation. Nineteenthcentury proponents of allotment, who were mainly progressive non-Natives living in the EasternUnited States, believed individual ownership of land would make Indians a sedentary, “civilized”people, who disregarded their leaders and the cohesiveness of the tribe. The allotment madeenvisioned Indians adopt the habits, practices and interests of the new settler population. Provingthat we can overcome any trial with mere words rather than just guns blazing.“One must realize that Southern California Indian history differs from the experience ofIndian tribes elsewhere in the United States...Generally, granting Indians in the UnitedStates individual legal tenure rights to land resulted in the alienation of more than two-thirds ofthat land and the destruction of numerous tribal governments. This did not occur in SouthernCalifornia. Here less than 25 percent of the allotted acreage has been taken out of trust.Moreover, some of this out-of-trust land, or fee-patented land, is still in the hands of Indianowners” (Shipek, 1987, p.2). The Southern California Indians were much “smarter” than othertribes of indians. Since they were wiser and trusted the US. This mutual trust has even extendedout to these days, since