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What was the new policy or goal of the dawes act ?

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The objective of the Dawes Act was to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by annihilating their cultural and social traditions. As a result of the Dawes Act, over ninety million acres of tribal land were stripped from Native Americans and sold to non-natives.
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to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by annihilating their cultural and social traditions.

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