Question

how could the federal government have made the dawes act more successful

Answer 1

The Dawes Act was a disaster and did a lot of what it was designed to do. How to judge its "success" is therefore a bit tough. Of the choices, not letting Native Americans sell their land to speculators would have preserved much of the land holdings in their name, which would have been an improvement in their circumstances, so that is my choice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawes_Act

Answer 2

Please have a look here also, geogee :

http://eco.cueb.edu.cn/contents/page/html.php?id=20120717150846AA4H9NT

Answer 3

Did this help @geogee ?

Answer 4

yes thank you :) @mathslover

Answer 5

You're welcome Geogee.