Summary Of The Dawes Act. The dawes act was amended in 1891 and again in 1906, by the burke act. The dawes act, also referred to as the general allotment act or the 1887 dawes severalty act of 1887, was a federal law that was approved on february, 8, 1887.

The provisions of the dawes severalty act were as follows: The dawes act of 1887 authorized the president of the united states to survey indian tribal land and divide the arable area into allotments for the individual indian. The dawes act was amended in 1891 and again in 1906, by the burke act.