The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawes_Act" id="mwpQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dawes Act">Dawes Act</a> is enacted, authorizing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the United States">U.S. President</a> to divide <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" id="mwpw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> tribal land into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_reservations_in_the_United_States" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of Indian reservations in the United States">individual allotments</a>.<sup about="#mwt147" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-27"}}' id="cite_ref-27" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-27" id="mwqQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 27;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwqg">[27]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt151" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"}}' id="cite_ref-28" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-28" id="mwqw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 28;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwrA">[28]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt155" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"}}' id="cite_ref-29" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-29" id="mwrQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 29;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwrg">[29]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-27"><cite about="#mwt144" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCfY"><a class="external text" href="https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/dawes-act" id="mwCfc" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Dawes Act (1887)"</a>. <i id="mwCfg"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./US_National_Archives" id="mwCfk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="US National Archives">US National Archives</a></i>. 2021-09-09. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231014173752/https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/dawes-act" id="mwCfo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 2023-10-14<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCfs">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCfw">2023-10-04</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt144" class="Z3988" id="mwCf0" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=US+National+Archives&amp;rft.atitle=Dawes+Act+%281887%29&amp;rft.date=2021-09-09&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.gov%2Fmilestone-documents%2Fdawes-act&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+8"></span></span>