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The Dawes severity act of 1887 was selfishly enacted in order for white people to take the properties belonging to native Americans. The native peoples, were completely stripped of their lands, and were migrated to reservations previously established for them. Each Native American was given a specific amount of property, and the head of the families would take the largest share. If a native American didn't get a place on a reservation, he would be free to move wherever they wanted. the act ended up with native Americans on reservations having their own establishments eventually, however  the first five years the government held control of the land