Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

How does Sen. Dawes feel about the Indians? How does he remain both an ally to the Sioux and an ally to the government?

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Dawes sympathized with the plight of the Sioux tribe. His sympathy, however, didn't detract him from his purpose. Dawes believed that both sides, the government and the tribe itself, could be appeased by assimilation.