How did the dawes act (1887) mark a departure from earlier federal indian policy?
a. it led to conflicts between new settlers and indian tribes on the great plains.
b. it moved indian tribes still on the great plains to reservations fart.her west.
c. it permitted indians to withdraw private plots from the tribal reservation.
d. it encouraged the shooting of buffalo herds from new railroad lines.

The Dawes Act (1887) mark a departure from earlier federal Indian policy by permitting Indians to withdraw private plot from the tribal reservation. Option C is correct.

Under this policy, the United States' government broke up tribal lands by splitting them into individual plots. The Dawes Act of 1887 sought to divide reservations by providing land allotments to individual Native Americans.

This policy was passed by the Congress on February 8, 1887. It received its name because of Senator Henry Dawes of Massachusetts who created and proposed it.