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How effective was the Dawes Act in promoting assimilation of Native americans into white cultures?

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How effective was the Dawes Act in promoting assimilation of Native americans into white cultures?

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Dawes felt that if the Indians had their own land, dressed in white clothing etc, they would become white. What he never took into consideration was that the Indian’s spirit would always be Indian and that would never change.