Reformers and the Reservation
This section contains a selection by a prominent Indian reformer on the need to abandon the reservation system (Source 1) and an excerpt from the General Allotment Law of 1887, commonly known as the Dawes Act (Source 2). As you evaluate these sources, look for evidence of the way reformers defined the “Indian problem,” their views about the reservation, and their attitudes toward the Indians. Also consider the ways in which the Dawes Act reflected these views.
1 Merr i l l E . Ga tes was one o f the mos t p rominent la tenineteenth-century Indian reformers. The president of Rutgers College and, later, Amherst College, Gates was appointed by President
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