Snyder Act of 1921

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The Snyder Act of 1921 is a U.S. federal law that authorized annual appropriations for health, education, and general welfare services for Native Americans, laying groundwork for later self-determination policies.

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Snyder Act 3
Snyder Act of 1921 canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
appropriations law ⓘ
administeredBy Bureau of Indian Affairs ⓘ
United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
appliesTo Indian reservations in the United States ⓘ
Native American communities in the United States ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Alaska Natives ⓘ
American Indians ⓘ
linked to: Native Americans

federally recognized Native American tribes ⓘ
authorizes annual appropriations for the benefit, care, and assistance of Indians ⓘ
appropriations for agricultural assistance to Indians ⓘ
appropriations for education of Indians ⓘ
appropriations for employment of physicians for Indians ⓘ
appropriations for general administration of Indian affairs ⓘ
appropriations for industrial assistance to Indians ⓘ
appropriations for relief of distress and conservation of health of Indians ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
chamberOfOrigin United States House of Representatives ⓘ
citation 42 Stat. 208 ⓘ
codifiedIn 25 U.S.C. § 13 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1921-11-02 ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundation for modern federal Indian program funding ⓘ
precursor to federal Indian self-determination policies ⓘ
influenced Indian Health Care Improvement Act ⓘ
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect authorized federal expenditures for a broad range of Indian services ⓘ
provided permanent statutory authority for federal Indian programs ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
namedAfter Homer P. Snyder ⓘ
policyGoal improvement of education of Native Americans ⓘ
improvement of general welfare of Native Americans ⓘ
improvement of health of Native Americans ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 67-85 ⓘ
relatedTo United States Indian policy in the 20th century ⓘ
federal trust responsibility to Native Americans ⓘ
scope nationwide programs for eligible Native Americans ⓘ
shortTitle Snyder Act ⓘ
linked to: Snyder Act of 1921
sponsor Homer P. Snyder ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
subjectMatter Native American policy ⓘ
education services for Native Americans ⓘ
federal Indian law ⓘ
health services for Native Americans ⓘ
welfare services for Native Americans ⓘ
typeOfProvision authorization of appropriations ⓘ
yearEnacted 1921 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Public Law 93-638 → relatedTo → Snyder Act of 1921 ⓘ
ISDEAA → relatedTo → Snyder Act of 1921 ⓘ
Snyder Act of 1921 → shortTitle → Snyder Act ⓘ
linked to: Snyder Act of 1921
Public Law 67-85 → hasCommonName → Snyder Act ⓘ
linked to: Snyder Act of 1921
Public Law 67-85 → hasShortTitle → Snyder Act ⓘ
linked to: Snyder Act of 1921