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Under the Dawes Act, the reservation land not allotted to American Indians was so

O to specific tribes as reservation land.
• to American Indians who wanted more.

to white settlers and railroad companies.
• to tribal chiefs to divide on their own.

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Answer:

To white settlers and railroad companies

Step-by-step explanation:

Under the Dawes Act, tribal lands not given to Native Americans on the reservations were sold to the US that would then be open for homesteading so white settlers and others could start settling into the land.

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