1. Good For Whom? Native American Policy
Native Americans, specifically the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) and Dakota people were pushed to assimilate (to think and act like the majority) with the white man.
Cut their hair
Abandon their language
Abandon their rituals
Go to school
Farm and not hunt

2. Reservations
Most American Indians, the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) and Dakota included, lived on reservations, separated from the rest of society

3. The Dawes Act – A U. S. Policy
In 1887 the FEDERAL government wanted to end the practice of the Native Americans owning all of their lands as a group, they wanted to encourage farming so they broke up the reservations and gave each Native an ALLOTTMENT of 160 acres so they could be more like the white farmers

4. The Dawes Act in Minnesota
Had a terrible effect, many Ojibwe were cheated out of their land
The Dawes Act said that the extra land on the reservation could be sold for settlement or lumbering to anyone
Through the years so many Native Americans sold their allotments, either by force or by cheating that the reservations began to disappear because they were owned mostly by non-Indians
This created poverty that still exists today within many of the Native American communities

5. The Red Lake Reservation
Only the Ojibwe in Red Lake kept their reservation intact, they refused to accept allotment and continued to hold their land as a tribe

6. Boarding Schools for Native American Children
The policy was a failure and the government abandoned it in favor of day schools on reservations so children could return to their homes at the end of the day.
Native American children were required by the federal government to leave their families and go live at a school where they were taught to reject the Indian ways of life
They had to learn English
Boys were taught farming skills
Girls were taught to be farm wives and maids

7. Citizenship for Native Americans
On June 2, 1924 U.S.  President Coolidge 
signed the Indian Citizenship Act, which made citizens of the U.S. of all Native Americans, who were not already citizens, born in the United States and its territories. Prior to passage of the act, nearly 2/3 of Native Americans were already U.S. citizens.