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Indian Reorganization Act

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1) Provide a basic overview of the Indian Reorganization Act, and highlight its main points and objectives.
2) What were the long term consequences?

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The Indian Reorganization Act (or Wheeler-Howard Act) was put into effect in 1934 for a number of reasons. The chief reason, however, was that of an attempt to protect Native American civil rights. And by such phrase we mean not any rights that a U.S. citizen might have, ...

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The Wheeler-Howard Act is generalized for the purpose of motive and possible longer-term consequences of such an act.