1. Dawes - Noun
2. Dawes - Proper noun
American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799)
Source: WordNetAmong tribes, qualification for enrollment may be based upon a required percentage of Native American "blood" (or the " blood quantum ") of an individual seeking recognition, or documented descent from an ancestor on the Dawes Rolls or other registers. Source: Internet
After the delegates tried unsuccessfully to prevail on Governor Frank Lowden of Illinois to run for the Vice Presidency - they actually nominated him but he declined - Charles G. Dawes won the nomination on the third ballot. Source: Internet
Beginning in 1894, the Dawes Commission was established to register Choctaw and other families of the Indian Territory, so that the former tribal lands could be properly distributed among them. Source: Internet
But Coolidge (who hated Dawes) remarked that this would be "a personal affront" to him. Source: Internet
Professor Shane Johnson, Director of the Dawes Centre for Future Crimes at UCL, which funded the study, said: "We live in an ever changing world which creates new opportunities—good and bad. Source: Internet
Dawes, a fiery brigadier general of World War I, now fifty-nine years old (seven years older than Coolidge), was well received by the convention and by Republicans generally. Source: Internet