Which one of the following best summarizesthe main idea of the passage?
A. United States government policy
toward Native Americans has tended
to disregard their needs and consider
instead the needs of non-Native
American purchasers of land.
B. In order to preserve the unique way of
life on Native American reservations,
use of Native American lands must be
communal rather than individual.
C. The Dawes Actís restriction on the right
of Native Americans to sell their land
may have been implemented primarily
to serve the interests of politicians and
bureaucrats.
D. The clause restricting free alienability
in the Dawes Act greatly expanded
United States governmental activity in
the area of land administration.
E. Since passage of the Dawes Act in
1887, Native Americans have not been
able to sell or transfer their former
reservation land freely.