In 1887, the passage of the Dawes Act introduced the government's system of

Answer. The Dawes Act of 1887 (also known as the General Allotment Act or the DawesSeveralty Act of 1887), adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.

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