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    The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of June 18, 1934, or the Wheeler–Howard Act, was U.S. federal legislation that dealt with the status of American Indians...
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    1906 under the Burke Act. During the Great Depression, the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration passed the US Indian Reorganization Act (also known as the...
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  • of the Indian Reorganization Act". The Journal of American History. 89 (1): 277. doi:10.2307/2700890. JSTOR 2700890. "Indian Reorganization Act (1934)"...
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    bill into law. In 1934 the Indian Reorganization Act, codified as Title 25, Section 476 of the U.S. Code, allowed Indian nations to select from a catalogue...
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  • Mississippi. On April 20, 1945, this tribe organized under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Their reservation included lands in Neshoba, Leake, Newton...
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    were a source of prestige. Also during this period, under the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934, the federal government was encouraging tribes to...
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  • Congress passed the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, which reversed the Dawes Act policy, and as described in section 3 of that act it was to "restore...
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    genocide Fort Shaw Indian School Girls Basketball Team Indian Placement Program Indian Relocation Act of 1956 Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 Native schools...
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    not widely applied by the United States government until the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. At the time, the federal government required persons...
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    passage of the Indian Reorganization Act in 1934 officially marks the beginning of the Reorganization period. The Indian Reorganization Act ended the practice...
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    Choctaw (redirect from Choctaw Indian)
    Native American codetalkers, using the Choctaw language. Since the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, the Choctaw people in three areas have reconstituted...
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    with the passage of the Indian Reorganization Act (“IRA”), 25 U.S.C. § 671 et seq., in 1934, a dramatic shift in Federal Indian policy occurred, whereby...
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    tribes which had achieved federal recognition since the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act did not have standing to have newly acquired lands taken into...
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    by the Indian Reorganization Act. The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, also known as the Howard-Wheeler Act, was sometimes called the Indian New Deal...
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    and work projects offered by the Indian Service. The Wheeler-Howard Act, also known as the Indian Reorganization Act was passed by Congress on June 18...
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    rather than traditional clan life leaders, in accordance with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. The Executive Officers of the council are the President...
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  • 1907. Following passage of the federal Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of 1936, the Keetoowah Nighthawk Society...
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    integration of India Union Territory Indian Constitution Partition of India Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 Article 3 deals with the "Formation...
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  • Dawes Act Indian Citizenship Act Henry L. Dawes Alice Cunningham Fletcher Indian Reorganization Act Indian Rights Association American Indian boarding...
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  • Americans off their land. Federal Indian Policy Americanization (of Native Americans) Indian Reorganization Act Former Indian Reservations in Oklahoma 1969...
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    development based on grassroots political participation. The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934 was an early step in the renewal of tribal self-governance...
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    economic development, food security and public education. Under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, the federally recognized Rosebud Sioux Tribe (RST) re-established...
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    Southern Paiute people. To celebrate their organization under the Indian Reorganization Act, tribal recognition, and ratifying their constitution, the tribe...
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    The Cullen–Harrison Act, named for its sponsors, Senator Pat Harrison and Representative Thomas H. Cullen, enacted by the United States Congress on March...
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    were returned to the tribe by the federal government, under the Indian Reorganization Act encouraging tribal self-government. As of the 2020 census, the...
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    Council. In 1936 the Puyallup Tribe was officially formed under the Indian Reorganization Act, which authorized reservation tribes to create their own governments...
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    Lakota people (redirect from Lakota Indian)
    Kappler, Charles J.: Indian Affairs. Laws and treaties. Washington, 1904. Vol. 2, pp. 998–1004. "The Indian Reorganization Act". "Indian Country Diaries ...
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  • individually owned until the tribe was formed under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Under the Dawes Act, the land was allotted in 1892 to individual households...
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  • establishing Indian trust territories for the colonies on public land. Following the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, many of the Indian colonies gained...
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    Superior Band of Chippewa Indians. (The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community was defined in 1934 by the Indian Reorganization Act as the successor apparent of...
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