What was the main goal of the dawes act? to strongly encourage american indians to sell their land to strongly encourage american indians to speak english to strongly encourage american indians to change religions to strongly encourage american indians to become farmers

The Dawes Act of 1887 aimed to strongly encourage American Indians to sell their land. The act authorized the US president to survey American Indians' land and divided into individual allotments; and those who accepted living separately would be given American citizenship. This act was amended by: the Dawes Act (1891), Curtis Act (1989) and Burke Act (1906).

The act was created by Senator Henry Laurens Dawes and aimed to abolish communal land property by dividing it into individual allotments. This made it possible to transfer lands to white settlers. The act would help Native Americans get our of poverty by selling their lands. Following this European-American model Native Americans would have a chance to have a better integration with white settlers.

a to strongly encourage American Indians to sell their land      

Explanation: