Dawes Act and Native Americans
By: Camryn and Grace
Thesis Statement
An actual picture of the Dawes Act- CK
What is the Dawes Act?
CK & GM
A poster advertising the land the indians were allowed to buy- CK
Negative Effects of the Dawes Act
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This graph compares the land the indians were given to the land that they lost- CK
Important People to the Dawes Act:
First and third pictures added by GM
Senator Henry Dawes of Massachusetts
Henry Dawes had a strong belief that land owning was an important process in persuading people to accept the laws of the government, which is why he suggested the Dawes Act, thinking the native Americans would renounce their tribal allegiances.(3)
- Henry Dawes
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Alice Fletcher
"The indian may now become a free man, free from the thronedom of the tribe, free from the domination of the reservation system, free to enter into the body of our citizens, This bill may therefore be considered as the magna carta of the indians of our country."
-Alice Fletcher
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Indians Affected by the Dawes Act
Throughout the process of the Dawes Act, the Great Plains were commonly known as "checkerboarded." This term referred to the having patterns of white lands and Indian trust lands.(8)
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This map shows the Land the indians had left after it was taken away.- CK
A video describing the Dawes act of 1887- CK
Boarding Schools for the Indians
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Reform/Boarding Schools Today
Boarding schools are different these days. Now-a-days they are basically schools were students and teachers can live that are usually very safe and good environments. You aren't forced to go to them and you don't have to change your look and get treated poorly(11)
The Indian boarding schools had some different purposes than the boarding schools today. The boarding schools today and the boarding schools established for the Dawes Act are meant for teaching/learning. The difference is that the Indian children were forced to go to the boarding schools back then(12) and children aren't forced to go to them now.(13) Plus, the Indians children were treated very, very poorly at their boarding/reform schools,(14) unlike today's boarding schools.(15)
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This picture is a drawing of what it would look like while the Indians were moving because of the Dawes Act. GM
Bibliography/ Sources
1. Nebraska Studies. "The Reservation System: Native American Lands Sold Under the Dawes Act.” Accessed September 25, 2013. http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/stories/0701_0143.html
2. US America History. “American History.” Last edited April 29, 2011. Accessed September 25, 2013.
http://usamericahistory.blogspot.com/2011/04/dawes-act.html
3. Spartacus Educational. “Henry Dawes.” Accessed September 25, 2013
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WWdawesC.htm
4. PBS. “Alice Fletcher.” Accessed September 25, 2013
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/d_h/fletcher.htm
5. Our Documents “Dawes Act (1887).” Accessed September 25, 2013
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc_large_image.php?flash=true&doc=50
6. Our Documents “Dawes Act (1887).” Accessed September 25, 2013
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=50
7. George Brown Tindall and David Emory Shi. America, A Narrative History: Volume 2. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2011.
8. David J. Wishhart. "Encyclopedia of the Great Plains: Dawes Act" University of Nebraska-- Lincoln, 2011. http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.law.015.
9. "Indian Boarding Rights: Boarding Schools and Government, School Life and its Consequences." http://www.users.muohio.edu/johnso58/246SNboardingschools.html
10. "Wise Geek: Clear answers for common questions; What Is a Reform School?" http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-reform-school.htm
11. "What is a Boarding School?" Linden International Recruitment Tours. Linden Tours 2011. http://www.boardingschooltours.com/parents/boarding-school.aspx.
12. "Indian Boarding Rights: Boarding Schools and Government, School Life and its Consequences." http://www.users.muohio.edu/johnso58/246SNboardingschools.html
13. "What is a Boarding School?" Linden International Recruitment Tours. Linden Tours 2011. http://www.boardingschooltours.com/parents/boarding-school.aspx.
14. "Indian Boarding Rights: Boarding Schools and Government, School Life and its Consequences." http://www.users.muohio.edu/johnso58/246SNboardingschools.html
15. "What is a Boarding School?" Linden International Recruitment Tours. Linden Tours 2011. http://www.boardingschooltours.com/parents/boarding-school.aspx.