Analyze The Effects Of The Indians Reorganization Act Of 1934

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Analyze the effects on Indians of the Indians Reorganization Act of 1934? Since the first encounter with Europeans and Native Americans, the Indian minorities have been forced to give up their rights and land to obey the new laws that were enforced by the settlers that have come to America. Since the Great Depression all Americans were effected from the market crashing in 1929.The effects have been hard on Americans including the Native Americans, Native Americans were experiencing “over half of the tribal land base was lost to land thieves, tax sales, and governmental sales of surplus lands. A [continuing] launched cycle of poverty that continues at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Thus, lack of education and ill health became hallmarks …show more content…

It was created by John Collier and it helped end “the policy of forced assimilation and allowed Indians unprecedented cultural autonomy” (Foner 829). This New Deal for the Indians were able to provide a better living situation with helping to secure land, to promote business, health care and a better education. Also, the most important to be able to govern themselves except when it came to National law. This overall was a step in the right direction for Native Americans but, some Native Americans refused to cooperate with this Act as well as saying that “the New Deal often ignored Indians’ interests (Foner 829). As well as making the Native Americans reduce their heard of life stock and the level of poverty on the reservation continued to stay the same. Native Americans have been struggling to get rights they deserve but, this Indians Reorganization Act is a great step in the right direction, but like majority of policies, there are flaws and mistakes that need to be revised and fixed. So that this Indians Reorganization Act is one hundred percent beneficial for the Native Americans and they are getting the rights they completely deserve and not only half of what they Government thinks they …show more content…

Hill on the Indian New Deal (140). How does Frank feel about the motivation of the New Deal? The New Deal is being able to create more opportunities for Native Americans and so called “federal authorities to once again recognized Indian’s right to govern their own affairs” (Foner 198). The Government is trying be able to create an effort to help the Native Americans to save the cultural values, as well as finding a place for Native Americans to belong in the Modern United States. The Government seems to be for the Indian Deal but, some Native Americans like Navajo one of the nation’s biggest Native Americans tribe is not. They disapprove of this policy they believe that “required them to reduce their heard of livestock-an indication that their sovereignty was far from absolute” (Foner 199). Meaning some of the Native Americans are feeling that the Government are only giving half of the rights they

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