White settlers sought to reap the benefits of the Aborigines. In fact, one example of that would be the complexity of how successful, but so openly fraudulent they did it.  In 1895, the white settlers were informed of what benefits the Indians were entitled to, so they traveled to the Dawes Roll Commission to inquire about having their names enlisted on the roll cards for full blooded and/or Freedman Indians of America lands.  In 1898, the Dawes Roll acted as a census responsible for documenting records of one’s ethnic backgrounds, in order to determine one’s association with specific American Indian tribes.  Regrann from @realdill44 - #5dollarindian #fakenatives #fakeindians