Useful Links
1934: President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Indian Reorganization Act “While a number of opportunities for Indian revitalization were initiated under the IRA, its promise was never fully realized.”
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/452.html
Argues that The Indian Reorganization Act improved the political, economic, and social conditions of American Indians
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/indian-reorganization-act-1934/
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/452.html
Argues that The Indian Reorganization Act improved the political, economic, and social conditions of American Indians
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/indian-reorganization-act-1934/
Primary & Secondary Sources
Meriam Report: The Problem of Indian Administration (1928)
https://narf.org/nill/resources/meriam.html
A new day for the Indians: A survey of the working of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b59309&view=1up&seq=6&skin=2021
ACT OF JUNE 18, 1934-(Indian Reorganization Act)
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-5299/pdf/COMPS-5299.pdf
THE INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT—75 YEARS LATER: RENEWING OUR COMMITMENT TO RESTORE TRIBAL HOMELANDS AND PROMOTE SELF–DETERMINATION
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-112shrg68389/pdf/CHRG-112shrg68389.pdf
https://narf.org/nill/resources/meriam.html
A new day for the Indians: A survey of the working of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b59309&view=1up&seq=6&skin=2021
ACT OF JUNE 18, 1934-(Indian Reorganization Act)
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-5299/pdf/COMPS-5299.pdf
THE INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT—75 YEARS LATER: RENEWING OUR COMMITMENT TO RESTORE TRIBAL HOMELANDS AND PROMOTE SELF–DETERMINATION
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-112shrg68389/pdf/CHRG-112shrg68389.pdf
Lesson
The Indian Reorganization Act (The Indian New Deal)
Essential Questions
• What factors influenced the passage of the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act?
• What was the historical context for this policy period? • To what extent did the Meriam Report influence US government officials?
• To what extent are Montana tribal governments similar and how do they differ in certain aspects?
Students will be able to…
• demonstrate an understanding of the rationale and results of the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act
https://opi.mt.gov/Portals/182/Page%20Files/Indian%20Education/Social%20Studies/9-12/HS%20Tribal%20reorganization%20period.pdf
Essential Questions
• What factors influenced the passage of the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act?
• What was the historical context for this policy period? • To what extent did the Meriam Report influence US government officials?
• To what extent are Montana tribal governments similar and how do they differ in certain aspects?
Students will be able to…
• demonstrate an understanding of the rationale and results of the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act
https://opi.mt.gov/Portals/182/Page%20Files/Indian%20Education/Social%20Studies/9-12/HS%20Tribal%20reorganization%20period.pdf