Which was a negative outcome of the dawes severalty act? . a) american indians acquired very large tracts of land that they could not reach easily, so it went unused.. b) american indians were forced to overhunt the land, depleting the bison population.. c) the wild west shows found a loophole within the act that enabled them to buy huge tracts of land.. d)the railroads and speculators took the best land and left little fertile land for american indians.