Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:Native_American_tribes_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Wheeler-Howard_Act
gptkbp:citation	48 Stat. 984
gptkbp:codifiedIn	25 U.S.C. § 5101 et seq.
gptkbp:dateEnacted	June 18, 1934
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalName	part of the Indian New Deal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
gptkbp:impact	halted loss of tribal lands encouraged tribal constitutions and charters increased tribal sovereignty
gptkbp:opposedBy	some Native American groups
gptkbp:provides	allow tribes to adopt constitutions end allotment of tribal lands establish tribal governments restore surplus lands to tribes encourage tribal business and education create a revolving credit fund for economic development
gptkbp:purpose	restore tribal self-government reverse assimilationist policies restore management of assets to Native Americans
gptkbp:repealedBy	some provisions amended by later legislation
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:Howard_Wheeler
gptkbp:title	gptkb:An_Act_to_conserve_and_develop_Indian_lands_and_resources
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Alaska_Act_of_1936 gptkb:Alaska_Natives_(until_1936_amendment) gptkb:General_Allotment_Act gptkb:United_States_federal_Indian_policy gptkb:Sac_and_Fox_Tribe_of_the_Mississippi_in_Iowa gptkb:Ute_Indian_Tribe_of_the_Uintah_and_Ouray_Reservation
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6