Editing Name change (section)

=== Forcible name changes ===
In 1887, the [[Dawes Act]] directed that Indigenous Americans adopt a surname. This forcible solidification of individual identities, in pursuance of Western legal and political orders, assisted in the federal government's efforts to remove their ownership of communally-held land.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Scott |first1=James C. |last2=Tehranian |first2=John |last3=Mathias |first3=Jeremy |date=2002 |title=The Production of Legal Identities Proper to States: The Case of the Permanent Family Surname |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3879399 |journal=Comparative Studies in Society and History |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=4–44 |doi=10.1017/S0010417502000026 |jstor=3879399 |s2cid=146687944 |issn=0010-4175}}</ref>

More recently, recipients of [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] have been forced to revert to the names on their birth registration documents by [[United States Citizenship and Immigration Services|USCIS]], even where this does not match the name they have been using all their life in the United States. This is especially true with DACA recipients from Spanish-speaking countries, whereby two last names appear on birth registration documents per [[Spanish naming customs]]. Even where the person has only ever used one surname (typically that of the father), USCIS forces them to revert to both surnames, creating a discrepancy in matters such as academic records and credit ratings.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://theconversation.com/when-i-got-daca-i-was-forced-to-revert-to-a-name-i-had-left-behind-89130 |title=When I got DACA, I was forced to revert to a name I had left behind |last=Sanchez |first=Linda E. |date=January 11, 2018 |website=The Conversation |access-date=June 15, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>