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宾州喀来尔一所印第安学校里，美国原住民正在上数学课 (摄于1903年)
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国会同意赋予所有在美国出生的原住民美国公民的资格：1924年6月2日
就在印第安人公民法案通过后，另一项叫做道斯土地占有法案 (Dawes Severalty Act) 为美国政府的印第安人政策做了初步的规划。从1887年开始，美国政府就鼓励原住民要学习美国人的生活习惯与行为举止模式。联邦政府为了要使印第安人能够成为农人，自给自足，于是分割各部落的土地给各个印第安人。无主或多余的土地则以买卖的方式转让出去，而所得的经费则用来设立印第安学校，让美国原住民的小孩能够学习阅读、写字，还有美国主流社会的生活习惯等等。西元1932年，因为买卖无主土地与指定土地的结果，导致美国原住民在土地法案宣布前拥有的1亿3千8百万英亩中，损失了三分之二之多的土地。
At the time of the Indian Citizenship Act, an act called the Dawes Severalty Act shaped U.S. Indian policy. Since 1887, the government had encouraged Native Americans to become more like mainstream America. Hoping to turn Indians into farmers, the federal government gave out tribal lands to individuals in 160-acre parcels. Unclaimed or "surplus" land was sold, and the money was used to establish Indian schools. In them, Native American children learned reading, writing, and social habits of mainstream America. By 1932, the sale of unclaimed land and allotted land resulted in the loss of two-thirds of the 138 million acres Native Americans had held prior to the Act.
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