Dawes was a good buddy of Abraham Lincoln. So good, in fact, that he was a pallbearer at Lincoln's funeral. (Source)

Dawes and his cronies called the Act the "Indian Magna Carta." We call that some serious confidence, there. (Source)

There was no legitimate constitutional basis to the Dawes Act. They just kinda made it up as they went and didn't even try to justify it constitutionally. That was pretty par for the course in U.S.-Native American relations. Since the tribes weren't citizens, no need for due process, equal protection, yadda yadda. (Source)

The Dawes Act is considered directly responsible for the loss of 90 million acres of Indian land. Nine. Tee. Mill. Eeon. (Source)

The Secretary of the Interior's full name was Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II. That's right: his dad—who was named after a famous Roman statesman—liked his name so much he decided there needed to be two of them. And you thought your name was embarrassing. (Source)