Indian Reorganization Act

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The Indian Reorganization Act was a 1934 U.S. federal law that ended the allotment of Native American lands, promoted tribal self-government, and aimed to restore and protect tribal land bases and cultures.

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instanceOf New Deal legislation ⓘ
United States federal law ⓘ
administeredBy Bureau of Indian Affairs ⓘ
aimedTo end allotment of Native American lands ⓘ
improve economic conditions of Native American tribes ⓘ
promote tribal self-government ⓘ
protect Native American cultures ⓘ
restore tribal land bases ⓘ
allowed tribes to adopt written constitutions ⓘ
tribes to form business councils ⓘ
tribes to organize self-government ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wheeler–Howard Act ⓘ
appliesTo federally recognized Native American tribes ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedBy some Native American leaders for federal control ⓘ
dateEnacted 1934-06-18 ⓘ
draftedBy John Collier ⓘ
excludes certain tribes that voted to reject the Act ⓘ
historicalEra Great Depression ⓘ
influenced later self-determination policies of the United States toward tribes ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
longTitleIncludes An Act to conserve and develop Indian lands and resources ⓘ
to establish a credit system for Indians ⓘ
to extend to Indians the right to form business and other organizations ⓘ
to grant certain rights of home rule to Indians ⓘ
partOf Indian New Deal ⓘ
linked to: New Deal
policyShiftFrom assimilation ⓘ
policyShiftTo tribal self-determination ⓘ
providedFor creation of tribal corporations ⓘ
federal acquisition of land in trust for tribes ⓘ
loans for tribal economic development ⓘ
restoration of surplus lands to tribal ownership ⓘ
relatedTo Dawes Act ⓘ
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ⓘ
repealedPolicy allotment under the Dawes Act ⓘ
section Section 16 ⓘ
Section 17 ⓘ
section16Provides organization of tribal governments under constitutions ⓘ
section17Provides chartering of tribal corporations ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
sponsorInHouse Edgar Howard ⓘ
sponsorInSenate Burton K. Wheeler ⓘ
subjectMatter Native American land tenure ⓘ
federal Indian policy ⓘ
tribal sovereignty ⓘ
supportedBy many reformers and tribal leaders ⓘ
terminated general allotment of tribal lands ⓘ
yearEnacted 1934 ⓘ

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Native Americans → legalDocument → Indian Reorganization Act ⓘ
Indian Mineral Leasing Act of 1938 → relatedTo → Indian Reorganization Act ⓘ
subject linked to: Indian Mineral Leasing Act
Alaska Native villages → legalFramework → Indian Reorganization Act as amended for Alaska ⓘ
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Public Law 93-638 → relatedTo → Indian Reorganization Act ⓘ
ISDEAA → relatedTo → Indian Reorganization Act ⓘ
Bay Mills Indian Community → recognizedUnder → Indian Reorganization Act ⓘ
Wheeler–Howard Act → alsoKnownAs → Indian Reorganization Act ⓘ
Wheeler–Howard Act → alsoKnownAs → Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 ⓘ
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Snyder Act of 1924 → relatedTo → Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 ⓘ
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United States federal Indian law and policy → historicalPhase → Indian Reorganization era ⓘ
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Chickasaw–United States relations → significantEvent → Indian Reorganization and self‑determination era ⓘ
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General Allotment Act of 1887 → inForceUntil → Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 ⓘ
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General Allotment Act of 1887 → partiallyRepealedBy → Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 ⓘ
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Indian Land Consolidation Act → relatedTo → Indian Reorganization Act ⓘ
Rosebud Sioux Tribe → associatedWith → Indian Reorganization Act ⓘ