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Congressman Henry Dawes, once expressed his faith in the civilizing power of private property with me claim that to be civilized was to “ wear civilized clothes … cultivate the ground, live in horses, ride in Studebaker wagons, send children to school to school drink whiskey and own property. ... The Dawes Act of 1887 was a catastrophic example of the cruel tyranny of White European settlers. Despite the seemingly good intention s of Henry Dawes, the Dawes Act succeeded only in furthering the demoralization of Native Peoples.
Before the Dawes Act was passed in 1887 the vast majority of Native Americans were living on reservations that had for the most part been “given” to them by the United States government, as a means of compensation for their native land, from which they had been removed and relocated. ... Dawes sought out to correct this situation; a section was added to the Dawes Act, forcing Indians to become citizens. ... Senator Dawes wanted the government to “put [the Indian] on his own land, furnish him with a little habitation, with a plow, and a rake, and show him how to go to work to use them…The only way is to lead him out into the sunshine, and tell him what the sunshine is for, and what the rain comes for, and when to put his seed in the ground.
Approximate Word count = 857
Approximate Pages = 3.4
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