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Dawes Commission, commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, created by the U.S. Congress in 1893 under the Dawes Act with H. L. Dawes as chairman. Its aim was the reorganization of the Indian Territory Indian Territory, in U.S. history, name applied to the country set aside for Native Americans by the Indian Intercourse Act (1834). In the 1820s, the federal government began moving the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw, and Chickasaw) of the ..... Click the link for more information. by securing the assent of the chiefs to the extinguishing of tribal land titles and by allotting lands to individuals. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Creeks, along with the Choctaws, Seminoles, Chickasaws, and Cherokees, had fought the Dawes Commission to resist the dissolution of tribal land to individual allotments; changes in land tenure also brought Euro-Americans into Oklahoma and Indian Territories and thereby accelerated the deterioration of tribal lifestyles. |
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