On February 8th 1887, the Dawes Act was passed. It allowed the reservation land where Indians where living to be surveyed and resurveyed in order to spilt the land among each Native American in the land. Any Native American not living upon a reservation, through this treaty, can get land surveyed or unsurveyed yet as well. This treaty will hold for 25 years, upon which at the end, the current president will decide whether or not to extend the treaty. The land, as seen fit by the Secretary of the Interior, can be sold. Upon completion of the allotments, the Native Americans will have all the rights that American citizens have, and will be subjected to the same laws as them. This law though, will not effect the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoles, and Osage, Miamies and Peorias, and Sacs and Foxes.
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