Today In History February 8 The Dawes Act Explained #history #historyfacts #todayinhistory
The Dawes Severalty Act, formally called the General Allotment Act of 1887, was a U.S. law aimed at transforming Native American life by breaking up tribal landholdings and pushing Indigenous people to assimilate into Euro-American society. At the time, most Native land was held communally by tribes, a system the…