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Why did the Dawes Act ultimately harm American Indians?

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Dawes Act was to assimilate Native American Indians into mainstream US society by annihilating their cultural and social traditions.

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The corerct answer is that the Dawes Act harmed Native Americans because it took their rights away and made the goverment not respect their property.

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This act subdivided natives to make them fit what the goverment and society thought it was appropriate.

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