Students should then be redirected as the teacher distributes a copy of the Dawes Act found at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/eight/dawes.htm">http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/eight/dawes.htm</a> The teacher should explain that although the document that they have received was a law intended to reform the reservation system, it was really another attempt to ???civilize??? the Native Americans and make them more like the Whites.