Indian Reorganization Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Indian_Reorganization_Act

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Wheeler-Howard_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy	gptkb:Alaska_Act_of_1936
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:Native_American_tribes_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted	June 18, 1934
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:excludes	gptkb:Alaska_Natives_(until_1936_amendment)
gptkbp:historicalName	part of the Indian New Deal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Indian Reorganization Act
gptkbp:impact	encouraged tribal constitutions and governments halted loss of tribal lands increased tribal self-governance
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Edgar_Howard gptkb:Senator_Burton_K._Wheeler
gptkbp:provides	allow tribes to adopt constitutions create tribal corporations end allotment of tribal lands establish tribal governments protect tribal land bases restore surplus lands to tribes authorize federal loans for tribal economic development
gptkbp:purpose	promote economic development of Native American tribes restore tribal self-government reverse assimilationist policies
gptkbp:repealedBy	not repealed
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:title	25 U.S.C. §§ 5101–5129
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Native_American_tribe gptkb:Native_Americans
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4