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One provision of the Dawes Act of 1887 was that individual Native Americans were given parcels of land by the federal government. One effect of the act was that many Native Americans

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many Native Americans lost both their traditional lands and their sense of a tribal culture.

Explanation: Because I just did the practice.

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ANSWER: Native American Indians who accepted the individual allotments were allowed to become US citizens.

EXPLANATION: Dawes Act (also referred to as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act) was signed into the law in February 8, 1887, this law powered the US government to allocate lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservation.

Also, this law was enacted to emphasize the protection of the laws of the United States and her territories over the Indian populace, and for other reasons.

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