Why do you think the assimilation policy of the dawes act failed?

The Dawes Act was implemented in the United States in 1887, with the goal of dividing up Native American lands so that individuals would live separately from their tribes, thus becoming US citizens. The overall goal of the act was to assimilate Native Americans into European American culture. However, it did not work. Native Americans continued to carry on their beliefs, and passed them down from generation to generation.