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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:affects
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gptkb:Native_American_tribes_in_the_United_States
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Indian_Reorganization_Act
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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June 18, 1934
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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major shift in U.S. Indian policy
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Wheeler-Howard Act
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gptkbp:provides
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authorized tribal business charters
provided for tribal constitutions
restored surplus lands to tribes
created a revolving credit fund for tribal economic development
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gptkbp:purpose
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reversed assimilationist policies toward Native Americans
encouraged tribal constitutions
ended allotment of tribal lands
restored tribal self-government
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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some provisions amended by later legislation
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
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gptkbp:sponsor
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gptkb:John_Collier
gptkb:Senator_Robert_F._Wheeler
Representative Edgar Howard
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gptkbp:titleInUSCode
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25 U.S.C. §§ 5101–5129
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Indian_Reorganization_Act
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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