The Dawes Act of 1887
A)was intended to preserve traditional Indian culture.
B)denied United States citizenship to landowning Indian adults.
C)was viewed by the United States government as a plan to save the Indians.
D)ended the United States government's effort to assimilate Indian tribes.
E)reaffirmed tribal ownership of western lands in the face of white claims to it.

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The Dawes Act of 1887 was intended by the United States government as a plan to assimilate Native Americans into American society by allotting them individual plots of land, thereby encouraging them to adopt farming and abandon their communal lifestyle.