Reservation System
Land reserved for Native Americans by the Federal Government
Native Americans promised not to go beyond its borders
The Federal Government promised food, blankets, and seeds but either delivered the supplies or charge them
Reservations were located in infertile soil
Dawes Act
Each male Native American was allowed to claim in 160 acres of reservation land as their own private property
Reward in doing so is US Citizenship
Native American culture was threatened because Native Americans never engaged in farming
Native Americans lost their identity as a separate self-governing community
The act lef to selling off-reservation land