Dawes Act
The Dawes Act was passed in 1887 to move Native Americans to individually owned properties. It created Native American reservations which could be surveyed at anytime. This was all a part of the government's plot to assimilate these natives into American society. Each member of the tribe was granted a certain amount of land and they were all given a chance to become American Citizens. If Natives were not placed on a reservation then they still had the chance to buy land, but it was owned by the government. If the Natives behaved as American citizens then they had the same rights and immunity as any others. But, not surprisingly, some of the Natives were excluded from this act and did not have a chance to enjoy it's privileges.
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