The Dawes Act is "an act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the territories over the Indians, and for other purposes." This act, approved by Congress, authorized the President to survey Indian land and divide it up for individual Indians. The head of the family would receive 160 acres, an individual or an orphan minor would receive 80 acres, and minors would receive 40 acres. If the Indians abandoned their tribes for the allotted land, they would gain U.S. citizenship.
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