Answer:
C. divided Native American reservation land.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Dawes Act of 1887 was named after the senator Henry L. Dawes which gave the federal government power to divide the tribal land into individual plot. the act has transformed the traditional land tenure system to the private ownership of land. The act was aimed to assimilate the native Indians in popular American culture. More than 90 million acres of tribal land was sold to non-natives.