LAD #21: Dawes Act
This act authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide the area into allotments for the individual Native American. SUMMARY OF SECTIONS:
Section One: it says that the head of any household will receive 160 acres and each single individual above the age of 18 and each orphan will receive 80 acres and each minor will receive 40 acres.
Section Two: each Native American will choose his or her own allotment and the family will choose for each minor child. The Native American agent will choose for orphan children.
Section Three: Native American agent to certify each allotment and provide two copies of the certification to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Section Four: Native Americans not residing on their reservation and Native Americans without reservations will receive the equal allotment.
Section Five: Secretary of the Interior will hold the allotments in trust for 25 yrs
Section Six: upon completion of the Land Patent process, the allotment holder will become a United States citizen
Section Seven: water rights on irrigated land.
Section Eight: exempts the Five Civilized Tribes and several others from the act.
Section Nine: appropriates the funds to carry out the act.
Section Ten: Power of Eminent Domain of the Congress over the allotments.
Section Eleven: provision for the Southern Ute Native Americans.