The Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887 regarding redistribution of Native American reservation land to individual Native Americans was signed into law by President Grover Cleveland and discontinued by this president.
Franklin Roosevelt. Senator Henry Dawes and President Cleveland wanted to assimilate Native Americans into the America’s dominant culture by turning them into farm families and granting land owners U.S. citizenship. The program destroyed tribal ties and culture.
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