1930s: Native Americans
positive negative
john collier john collier
indians emergency conservation work program 1933- navajo livestock reduction program- believed the land
put several thousand indians to work on 33 different had become overgrazed, and it led to the tribe losing half
reservations of their livestock
bureau of indian affairs- native americans became more
involved
built hospitals and increased healthcare staff
ordered the construction of 100 new day schools and built
irrigation systems on the reservations
indian arts and crafts board 1935- helped to promote
and market indian goods
indian reorganisation act 1934 indian reorganisation act 1934
radical reversal of the dawes act 1887 land remained drastically reduced and the land returned
allotment policy was ended and unallotted lands was was often poor quality
returned to the tribes the funding was only short term
2 million dollars a year was given to na’s to purchase na’s control over their economic affairs remained limited
additional land, which enabled existing reservations to didn’t abandon assimilation or help the tribes to become
expand and new ones to be created independent and self sufficient
tribes were given a degree of self- government as they collier- assumed that all na’s wanted self- determination
were encouraged indians to reconstruct their tribes, adopt but the allotment process made na’s at different stages of
tribal constitutions and elect their own leaders assimilation
they were encouraged to form tribal corporations to work bia jobs were never fully carried out
for economic progress and 10 million dollars was given 75/245 tribes rejected the self-governing measures
for loans for indian business ventures
traditional culture of indian tribes was to be recognised
and preserved
right of na’s to practise their own religion and to assert
their cultural identity was protected
code of religious offences 1883 was overturned
na’s were given preference for bia jobs
johnson- o’malley act 1934
na’s didn’t pay tax, so the act authorised federal
government giving funds to the schools to pay for the na’s
tax so they didn’t have to go to on-off reservation schools
oklahoma indian welfare act 1936
extended the ira 1934 to oklahoma tribes, who were
previously excluded at their request
they saw the benefits of having a tribal government
positive negative
john collier john collier
indians emergency conservation work program 1933- navajo livestock reduction program- believed the land
put several thousand indians to work on 33 different had become overgrazed, and it led to the tribe losing half
reservations of their livestock
bureau of indian affairs- native americans became more
involved
built hospitals and increased healthcare staff
ordered the construction of 100 new day schools and built
irrigation systems on the reservations
indian arts and crafts board 1935- helped to promote
and market indian goods
indian reorganisation act 1934 indian reorganisation act 1934
radical reversal of the dawes act 1887 land remained drastically reduced and the land returned
allotment policy was ended and unallotted lands was was often poor quality
returned to the tribes the funding was only short term
2 million dollars a year was given to na’s to purchase na’s control over their economic affairs remained limited
additional land, which enabled existing reservations to didn’t abandon assimilation or help the tribes to become
expand and new ones to be created independent and self sufficient
tribes were given a degree of self- government as they collier- assumed that all na’s wanted self- determination
were encouraged indians to reconstruct their tribes, adopt but the allotment process made na’s at different stages of
tribal constitutions and elect their own leaders assimilation
they were encouraged to form tribal corporations to work bia jobs were never fully carried out
for economic progress and 10 million dollars was given 75/245 tribes rejected the self-governing measures
for loans for indian business ventures
traditional culture of indian tribes was to be recognised
and preserved
right of na’s to practise their own religion and to assert
their cultural identity was protected
code of religious offences 1883 was overturned
na’s were given preference for bia jobs
johnson- o’malley act 1934
na’s didn’t pay tax, so the act authorised federal
government giving funds to the schools to pay for the na’s
tax so they didn’t have to go to on-off reservation schools
oklahoma indian welfare act 1936
extended the ira 1934 to oklahoma tribes, who were
previously excluded at their request
they saw the benefits of having a tribal government
