Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act
At a glance:
- Series: Racial and Ethnic Relations in America
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Laws, Acts, Legislation
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Oklahoma
- Date: June 26, 1936
Article abstract: This act made provision for all Indian tribes, bands, or groups in Oklahoma to adopt a constitution allowing for self-government, allowed the secretary of the interior to purchase land to be held in trust for all Oklahoma Indians, and allowed small groups of Indians to form a local cooperative association and receive interest-free loans from the Revolving Loan Fund for Indians.
A major reform of U.S. policy toward American Indians resulted in the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA, or Wheeler-Howard Act), enacted by Congress on June 18, 1934. With...
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