The Dawes Act had a negative impact on Native American culture due to attempted assimilation into Euro-American culture through conversion to Christianity, Christian-administered education Euro-American and US government regulation of the sale and ownership of tribal lands. Created in 1887, the act allowed for the distribution of Native American tribal lands. The act was amended twice, once in 1891 and again in 1906, remaining in effect until 1934. On February 8, 1887, the United States Congress decided to pass the Dawes Act, also known as the General Allotment Act. The Dawes Act was named after its author, Senator Henry Dawes of Massachusetts. Members of Congress who sought to pass and enforce the Dawes Act aimed to push Native Americans toward assimilation at a rapid rate. Law reformers also expected Native American owners of private property to build a foundation upon which Natives could support themselves and their families (Stremlau, 265). The law allowed the president of the United States to divide the Indian reservation land into 160-acre lots and divide it among each individual Native American. The Dawes Act stated: “To each head of a family, a quarter section; To every single person over the age of eighteen, one eighth of a section; To each orphan child under the age of eighteen, one eighth of a share; and to every other single person under the age of eighteen years now living, or who may have been born before the date of the order of the President directing the allotment of lands encompassed in any reservation, one sixteenth of a section..." (PBS-Archives of the West) act also determined which tribal lands were over-allotted Tribes such as the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws and many others...... half of the paper.... .. o Dawes was a very important point and lists many of the reasons why the Dawes Act was unsuccessful In most cases Native American families were simply abandoned in their allotments with very little education and preparation on how to grow theirs. new land. How can a Native American become an Americanized, civilized farmer if he has never even picked up a hoe or plow in his life? During the creation of the Dawes Act, it was also believed that for the act to be successful they had to be there major adjustments and an emphasis on India's youth education system. It was believed that if Native American children were introduced to American culture when they were young and were taught in schools with a white cultural background and U.S. citizenship, they would develop into educated and skilled farmers (Otis 80). Although these new Indian colleges