explain the dawes act
Dawes Act. or. 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 Dawes, Henry Laurens,1816â1903, U.S. Senator (1875â93), b. Cummington, Mass.r. 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.