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United States Indian Claims Commission Final Report, United States Indian Claims Commission
United States Indian Claims Commission Final Report, United States Indian Claims Commission
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This document, dated September 30, 1978, is the final report of the United States (US) Indian Claims Commission which operated from 1946 to 1978. The Claims Commission served as an intermediary between Indigenous people in the United States and the US Court of Claims to help process the volume of claims filed against the United States. Following the “Indian Citizenship Act” (An Act to Authorize the Secretary of the Interior to Issue Certificates of Citizenship to Indians) in 1924, an increasing number of Indigenous people were filing suit with the Court of Claims over treaty violations and other grievances about …
An Act To Conserve And Develop Indian Lands And Resources; To Extend To Indians The Right To Form Business And Other Organizations; 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, United States Congress
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This United States (US) public law, also known as the Indian Reorganization Act, the Wheeler-Howard Act, or the Indian New Deal, passed on June 18, 1934 in response to the Meriam Report which revealed immense poverty and poor living conditions among Indigenous People on reservations. The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) aimed to alleviate these conditions with several corrective measures, notably by stopping the allotment of reservation land and by allowing tribes to organize under their own tribal governments. The IRA was heavily influenced by the recommendations contained in the Meriam Report. While this public law aimed to reduce poverty on …
The Problem Of Indian Administration: Report Of A Survey Made At The Request Of Honorable Hubert Work, Secretary Of The Interior, And Submitted To Him, February 21, 1928, Lewis Meriam
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This report, published February 21, 1928, supervised by Lewis Meriam and known colloquially as "The Meriam Report," is a general survey of the living conditions of Indigenous tribes in 26 US states. The study was conducted at the request of the United States Department of the Interior and took 7 months to complete. The study was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. The study reported major issues in health, living conditions, employment, and general economic stability among the United State’s Indigenous nations. The report contains detailed chapters on each of the major issues investigated and includes recommendations for action. Although the …