DAWES ACT

or General Allotment Act, 1887, passed by the U.S. Congress to provide for the granting of landholdings (allotments, usually 160 acres/65 hectares) to individual Native Americans, replacing communal tribal holdings. Sponsored by U.S. Senator H. L. Dawes, the aim of the act was to absorb tribe members into the larger national society. Allotments could be sold after a statutory period (25 years), and "surplus" land not allotted was opened to settlers. Within decades following the passage of the act the vast majority of what had been tribal land in the West was in white hands.

The act also established a trust fund to collect and distribute proceeds from oil, mineral, timber, and grazing leases on Native American lands. The failure of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to manage this trust fund properly led to legislation and lawsuits in the 1990s and early 2000s to force the government to properly account for the revenues collected.

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The Dawes Plan and the New Economics
Book by George P. Auld; Doubleday, Page and Company, 1927
Subjects: Economic History--1918-1945, Finance--Germany, World War, 1914-1918--Reparations
...is doubtless willing, in principle, to act up to this conviction. In practice, however...1924 resulted from the formulation of the Dawes Plan. England, then, had adopted during...situation. CHAPTER IV EUROPE AND THE DAWES COMMITTEE THE reparation controversy...
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The New Deal and American Indian Tribalism: The Administration of the Indian Reorganization Act, 1934-45
Book by Graham D. Taylor; University of Nebraska Press, 1980
Subjects: Indians Of North America--Government Relations--1934-, Indians Of North America--Legal Status, Laws, Etc, Indians Of North America--Politics And Government, New Deal, 1933-1939
...American citizenship. 9 The Dawes Act signaled a new era in Indian policy...get." 10 The basic aim of the Dawes Act was to transform the Indian into...neighboring white landowners. The Dawes Act resulted in opening the remaining...
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Closing the Gate: Race, Politics, and the Chinese Exclusion Act
Book by Andrew Gyory; University of North Carolina Press, 1998
Subjects: California--Emigration And Immigration--History--19th Century, California--Race Relations, Chinese Americans--California--History--19th Century, Chinese Americans--History--19th Century, Chinese Americans--Legal Status, Laws, Etc--History--19th Century, Labor Policy--California--History--19th Century, Labor Policy--United States--History--19th Century, United States--Emigration And Immigration--History--19th Century, United States--Race Relations
...customs, Boutwell cited "An Act to Prohibit the Coolie Trade...32 Representative Thomas Dawes Eliot R-Mass. had drafted...eviscerated the "anti-coolie" act of 1862. Although Americans...enforcement" of the "anti-coolie" act of 1862; and 3 "voluntary...
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Teaching as an Act of Faith: Theory and Practice in Church-Related Higher Education
Book by Arlin C. Migliazzo; Fordham University Press, 2002
Subjects: Church And Education, Religion And Sociology, Sociology, Christian, Teaching--Religious Aspects--Christianity
...there is no one form of behavior, whether self- interested or moral, that is dictated by human nature. There is 5 Robin M. Dawes and Richard H. Thaler, Cooperation, Journal of Economic Perspectives 2, no. 3 (Summer 1988): 187-97. 6 Charles K. Wilber...
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Notes as Vice President, 1928-1929
Book by Charles G. Dawes; Little, Brown, and Company, 1935
Subjects: United States--Politics And Government--1923-1929, Vice-Presidents--United States--Biography
...speech of Charles G. Dawes, delivered in Milwaukee...allowed to set aside an Act of Congress on the...the National Bank Act. It was originally...brother, Henry M. Dawes. The bill provided...losing its power to act constructively for...1928. TO-DAY Mrs. Dawes and I drove up to...
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Of Kitsch and Kachinas: A Critical Analysis of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990
Journal article by William J. Hapiuk Jr.; Stanford Law Review, Vol. 53, 2001
Subjects: Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990, Native American art--Laws, regulations, etc., Native American craft--Laws, regulations, etc., Native Americans--Ethnic identity
...fellow Native American Ben Nighthorse Campbell had sponsored the Act, some critics expressed incredulity that the IACA limited the...signing of the Dawes Commission roll. Some signatures were marked with an...
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A Critique of the Model State Social Work Practice Act
Journal article by Marilyn A. Biggerstaff; Social Work, Vol. 45, 2000
Subjects: Model State Social Work Practice Act (Draft), Social service--Standards
...cannot be expected to understand" (Dawes, 1994, p. 139). As stated elsewhere...the regulated practitioners (Dawes, 1994). The stated goal of the model social work practice act is to promote, preserve, and...Provisions of the Model Practice Act As stated earlier, professional...
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Ethics, Science, and the Helping Professions: A Conversation with Robyn Dawes
Journal article by Eileen Gambrill; Journal of Social Work Education, Vol. 39, 2003
Subjects: Social case work--Moral and ethical aspects, Social case work--Practice, Social sciences--Moral and ethical aspects
...gets better"--even though Prozac doesnt act right away. Science entails skepticism...what has happened (and now Im going to act like a sociologist), is that the profession...Harpers which I quote from in my latest book (Dawes, 2001). A physician is talking about clinical...
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Allotment of Mineral and Timber Lands on Indian Reservations and the Public Domain
Journal article by Henry E. Fritz; The Historian, Vol. 67, 2005
Subjects: Indian General Allotment Act of 1887, Land allotment--History, Land allotment--Laws, regulations and rules, Native Americans--Civil rights, Native Americans--History
...missionaries, was authorized by the Dawes Act of 1887 and its subsequent amendments...farming and ranching allotments, the Dawes Act became the vehicle through which...recent years, it is this aspect of the Dawes Act that has drawn the attention of some...
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Politics, Performance and Indian Identity
Journal article by Lucy Maddox; American Studies International, Vol. 40, 2002
Subjects: Citizenship--Social aspects, Indian Allotment Act of 1887, Native Americans--Appreciation
...of the General Allotment Act, or Dawes Act, of 1887. The act provided for the...Workman, described the passage of the Dawes Act as a "great event in Indian progress...exempted from the provisions of the Dawes Act, including the Five Civilized Tribes...
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Lords of the Flies: The United States Government Is Forcing Landowners to Spend Millions of Dollars to Protect an Endangered Bug
Magazine article by Ike C. Sugg; National Review, Vol. 49, May 5, 1997
Subjects: Diptera--Protection and preservation, Endangered Species Act of 1973, Endangered species--Protection and preservation, Environmental law, Environmental law--Compliance costs, Flies--Protection and preservation, Regulatory compliance costs, San Bernardino County, California--Environmental policy
...President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act in 1973, he inadvertently codified Aldo...the U.S. Fish Wildlife Service, Linda Dawes, demanded that the county set aside the...only to the Constitution but also to the Act it is supposedly enforcing. Many landowners...
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Liberation Theology in the Bible Belt
Magazine article by Gil Dawes; Monthly Review, Vol. 36, July 1984
Subjects: Comanche, Iowa--Religion, Liberation theology--History
...for me did not mean having the freedom to act in a "Lone Ranger" individualistic sense...the various causes on which we decided to act into their common root. Without such study...the number of concerns on which it will act. Defining who we were as a group resulted...
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Minnesota's "Way to Independence."
Magazine article by Edward Chappell; The Nation, Vol. 249, December 18, 1989
Subjects: Native American history, Native Americans--History, North Dakota Heritage Center--Exhibitions, Siouans--Exhibitions
...the village of Like-a-Fishhook and sold to white ranchers land that was deemed excess acreage. Following passage of the Dawes Act by Congress in 1887, old religious practices were legally banned, and, in the great era of romantic fascination with the...
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The Boldness of Charles Evans Hughes
Magazine article by Margot Louria; The National Interest, Summer 2003
...War. A unique initiative, the Dawes Plan, rescued Germany from an...forethought, Hughes declined to act; but did not rule out an American...readily apparent. The Immigration Act of 1924 HUGHES success at circumventing...creation and implementation of the Dawes Plan came at a price. Hughes...
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New Teen Sensations: Young Stars Reveal the Perks and Problems of Grown-Up Fame
Magazine article by Lisa C. Jones; Ebony, Vol. 50, February 1995
Subjects: Celebrities--Conduct of life, Teenage actors--Conduct of life
...to be the best that you can be and go from there," Dawes advises. Tatyana M. Ali, 16, (above and center...says. "You have to make a separation: This is how I act at work, and this how I act at home with my friends," she explains, speaking...
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What Is Infidelity? the Dictionary Defines It as an 'Act of Disloyalty', and for Some People That Includes Furtive Text Messages or a Lingering Glance. According to a Recent BBC3 Survey, However, Six per Cent of Us Don't Even Regard Sex with Someone Who's Not Our Partner as Being Unfaithful. We Asked 20 Men and Women What Counts as Cheating in the 21st Century
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 31, 2004
...my mind, infidelity means a premeditated act. Spontaneous acts are more forgivable...until five the next morning. He Richard Dawes, 38, a media consultant, has been in a...people is pretty harmless - unless you act on it. Halfway through my last major relationship...
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Native American Oppression
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 13, 2005
...General Allotment Act (more commonly referred to as the Dawes Act) which - among other things - prohibited Native religious...religions. Not until the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 was passed by Congress did First Americans once...
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Celebration of a Life Cut Short by Two Small Deadly Pills of Ecstasy; TEARS FOR JULIA: FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHER IN SUNSHINE TO REMEMBER THEIR JEWEL OF A GIRL
Newspaper article by Joan Burnie; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 12, 1998
...the spectre of Ecstasy and all drugs. The Dawes, even in the midst of their terrible grief...continue to let people in the limelight and who act as role models for young people, glorify drugs, only to act as an excuse for their own use? "Is there...
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Games: Bridge
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 8, 2000
...Bridge. Warwickshire concluded their Dawes League programme for 1999-2000 with a home...certainly the time to do your thinking as to act now without adequate thought may lead to...you, all you have to do is receive it and act accordingly. North cannot hold all three...
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Inside the Beltway
Newspaper article by John Mccaslin; The Washington Times, June 25, 2001
...every morning to see how the presidents health is." -Charles Dawes, Calvin Coolidges veep pick. * "I do not propose to be buried...presidency. * "Keep your mouth shut, your head down, and dont act like you want it." -Jack Kemp. * John McCaslin, a nationally...
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Dawes Act
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DAWES ACT or General Allotment Act, 1887, passed by the U.S. Congress to...replacing communal tribal holdings. Sponsored by U.S. Senator H. L. Dawes , the aim of the act was to absorb tribe members into the larger national society. Allotments...
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Dawes Commission
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DAWES COMMISSION commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, created by the U.S. Congress in 1893 under the Dawes Act with H. L. Dawes as chairman. Its aim was the reorganization of the Indian Territory by securing the assent of the chiefs to...
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Dawes, Henry Laurens
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...performed his most important service as chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and gave his name to the Dawes Act and the Dawes Commission . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...
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Indian Affairs, Bureau Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Affairs instead evolved primarily into a land-administering agency, a process speeded up by the Dawes Act of 1887, the Burke Act of 1906, and the Wheeler-Howard Act of 1934, now acting as trustee over Native American lands and funds. The bureau also promotes...
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Natives, North American
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...articles (e.g., Pontiacs Rebellion ; Dawes Act ). The Northwest Coast Area The...of the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, many tribes began operating full-scale...Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990). Under its terms some 10,000...
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