Communal ownership and the Dawes act

Question 1

In 1885 Thomas Bland helped found the National Indian Defence Association

Answer 1

It proposed community as opposed to individual land ownership

Question 2

Dawes act was good or bad?

Answer 2

Although allowed distribution of land outside the Indian territory and Iroquois country. Many Native Americans were not given the tools or training to farm their allotted land successfully. Giving natives land in the form of allotements reduced community