The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887
A) ended the U.S. government's effort to assimilate Indian tribes.
B) was designed to force Indians to become landowners and farmers.
C) was intended to preserve traditional Indian culture.
D) denied U.S. citizenship to landowning Indian adults.
E) reaffirmed tribal ownership of western lands in the face of white claims to it.

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The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 was designed to force Indians to become landowners and farmers by breaking up tribal land into individual plots that could be sold to Indian families. This was part of a broader effort to assimilate Native Americans into white American culture and eliminate their traditional way of life.