 The 1897 amendment banning alcohol was considered a police statute, where power lies with the state and not Congress, and therefore would not apply to such a citizen.Representative of South Dakota, Charles H. Burke, saw the need to correct the situation in order to protect Native Americans from the sale of liquor.He amended the Dawes Act so that citizenship was only granted to a Native with an allotment after the trust period ran out (usually 25 years ).