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This 6 page paper provides an overview of this issue. The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 was an Act to conserve and develop Indian lands and resources; to extend to Indians the right to form business and other organization; to establish a credit system for Indians; to grant certain rights of home rule to Indians; to provide for vocational education for Indians; and for other purposes. At the time of its creation, it was believed that this Act would serve to give back to the Indians the kind of control that was taken from them when the United States participated in an act of mass genocide. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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other organization; to establish a credit system for Indians; to grant certain rights of home rule to Indians; to provide for vocational education for Indians; and for other purposes" (Wheeler-Howard
Act, 1934). At the time of its creation, it was believed that this Act would serve to give back to the Indians the kind of control that was taken
from them when the United States participated in an act of mass genocide. In retribution for the lands taken from the Indians, efforts were made to reorganize and restructure
to give Indian tribes control over their land and laws. Though this Act was viewed as a great effort by the United States to change views of the
Indian communities and create a response to the claims of genocide, the impacts have been varied. It can be argued that the Act itself was entered into in good
faith and that the government of the United States had every intention of allowing for these elements to be put into place. At the same time, natural limitations were
imposed by the way in which Indian land claims were constructed and reservations were set aside. As a result, the problems that this Act attempted to resolve, including issues
of tribal governance, land use, and the application of the law, have come into question over and over in the years since its passage. Instrumental to views of the
Indian Reorganization Act have been the assessments of the impact of the IRA on life and experiences in Indian Country. Historians and cultural researchers have recognized that some of the
major changes that have occurred in terms of tribal culture and governance over the past three decades are reflections of the application of the Indian Reorganization Act. Paredes (1995)
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