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Indian Reorganization Act

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The Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934, or the Wheeler-Howard Act, was U.S. federal legislation that dealt with the status of Native Americans (known in law as American Indians or Indians). [1]

41 relations: Activism, American Indian Defense Association, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Burton K. Wheeler, Carcieri v. Salazar, Casino, Checkerboarding (land), Cultural assimilation of Native Americans, Democratic Party (United States), Edgar Howard, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harold L. Ickes, Henry Roe Cloud, Indian reservation, Indian termination policy, Iroquois, Janice Rogers Brown, John Collier (sociologist), Lower Brule Indian Reservation, Madison County, New York, Montana, Narragansett people, Native Americans in the United States, Navajo Livestock Reduction, Navajo Nation, New Deal, New York (state), Oglala Lakota, Oneida County, New York, Oneida Indian Nation, Rhode Island, Seneca people, Sovereignty, Title 25 of the United States Code, Totem pole, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, United States Department of the Interior, United States Secretary of the Interior, Upstate Citizens for Equality, Vernon, New York, Verona, New York.

Activism

Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental reform or stasis with the desire to make improvements in society.

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American Indian Defense Association

The American Indian Defense Association (AIDA) was an organization founded in 1923 by social worker John Collier, that fought to protect religious freedom and tribal property for Native Americans in the United States.

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Bureau of Indian Affairs

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is an agency of the federal government of the United States within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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Burton K. Wheeler

Burton Kendall Wheeler (February 27, 1882January 6, 1975) was an attorney and an American politician of the Democratic Party in Montana; he served as a United States Senator from 1923 until 1947.

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Carcieri v. Salazar

Carcieri v. Salazar,, was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the federal government could not take land into trust that was acquired by the Narragansett Tribe, which did not have federal recognition until 1983.

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Casino

A casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities.

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Checkerboarding (land)

Checkerboarding refers to a situation where land ownership is intermingled between two or more owners, resulting in a checkerboard pattern.

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Cultural assimilation of Native Americans

The cultural assimilation of Native Americans was an assimilation effort by the United States to transform Native American culture to European–American culture between the years of 1790 and 1920.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Edgar Howard

Edgar Howard (September 16, 1858 – July 19, 1951) was a Nebraska editor and Democratic politician.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Harold L. Ickes

Harold LeClair Ickes (March 15, 1874 – February 3, 1952) was an American administrator and politician.

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Henry Roe Cloud

Henry Roe Cloud (December 28, 1884 – February 9, 1950) was a Ho-Chunk Native American, enrolled in the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, who served as an educator, college administrator, U.S. federal government official (in the Office of Indian Affairs), Presbyterian minister, and reformer.

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Indian reservation

An Indian reservation is a legal designation for an area of land managed by a federally recognized Native American tribe under the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs rather than the state governments of the United States in which they are physically located.

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Indian termination policy

Indian termination was the policy of the United States from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s.

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Iroquois

The Iroquois or Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse) are a historically powerful northeast Native American confederacy.

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Janice Rogers Brown

Janice Rogers Brown (born May 11, 1949) is a former United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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John Collier (sociologist)

John Collier (May 4, 1884 – May 8, 1968), a sociologist and writer, was an American social reformer and Native American advocate.

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Lower Brule Indian Reservation

The Lower Brulé Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation that belongs to the Lower Brulé Lakota Tribe.

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Madison County, New York

Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York.

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Montana

Montana is a state in the Northwestern United States.

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Narragansett people

The Narragansett tribe are an Algonquian American Indian tribe from Rhode Island.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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Navajo Livestock Reduction

The Navajo Livestock Reduction was imposed by the United States government upon the Navajo Nation in the 1930s, during the Great Depression.

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Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation (Naabeehó Bináhásdzo) is a Native American territory covering about, occupying portions of northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico in the United States.

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New Deal

The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States 1933-36, in response to the Great Depression.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Oglala Lakota

The Oglala Lakota or Oglala Sioux (pronounced, meaning "to scatter one's own" in Lakota language) are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota, make up the Great Sioux Nation.

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Oneida County, New York

Oneida County is a county located in the state of New York, in the United States.

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Oneida Indian Nation

The Oneida Nation or Oneida Indian Nation (OIN) is a federally recognized tribe of Oneida people in the United States.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States.

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Seneca people

The Seneca are a group of indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people native to North America who historically lived south of Lake Ontario.

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Sovereignty

Sovereignty is the full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources or bodies.

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Title 25 of the United States Code

Title 25 of the United States Code outlines the role of Indians in the United States Code.

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Totem pole

Totem poles (Gyáa'aang in the Haida language) are monumental carvings, a type of Northwest Coast art, consisting of poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures.

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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (in case citations, 8th Cir.) is a United States federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States district courts.

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United States Department of the Interior

The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, territorial affairs, and insular areas of the United States.

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United States Secretary of the Interior

The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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Upstate Citizens for Equality

The Upstate Citizens for Equality (UCE) is a hate group based in Verona, New York that opposes the Indian Land Claim and what they see as flawed Federal Indian Policy.

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Vernon, New York

Vernon is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States.

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Verona, New York

Verona (called Te-o-na-ta-le, "pine forest" by the Haudenosaunee) is a town in southwestern Oneida County, New York, United States.

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Redirects here:

1934 Indian Reorganization Act, Indian New Deal, Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, Wheeler Howard, Wheeler Howard Act, Wheeler-Howard, Wheeler-Howard Act.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Reorganization_Act

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