Indian Reorganization Act (1934)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Native_American_tribes_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Wheeler-Howard_Act
gptkbp:dateEnacted June 18, 1934
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Indian_New_Deal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Indian Reorganization Act (1934)
gptkbp:impact halted loss of tribal lands
increased tribal sovereignty
gptkbp:provides restored surplus lands to tribes
allowed tribes to adopt constitutions
allowed tribes to form business councils
provided for federal loans to tribes
gptkbp:purpose restore tribal self-government
reverse assimilationist policies
restore management of assets to Native Americans
stop allotment of tribal lands
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Dawes_Act
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:John_Collier
gptkbp:title gptkb:Title_25,_United_States_Code
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cheyenne_and_Arapaho_Tribes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7