INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT JUNE 1934 INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT U.S GOV'T LEGISLATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS NEW DEAL U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN JUNE 1934 CONGRESS PASSED THE INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT IRA WHICH REVERSED A 47 YEAR POLICY OF LIMITING THE SIZE OF AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS THE DAWES ACT OF 1887 HAD STARTED THIS POLICY THE IRA HAD TWO GOALS TO RETURN TRIBAL LANDS TO AMERICAN INDIANS AND TO ALLOW FOR MORE TRIBAL SELF GOVERNMENT ON RESERVATIONS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS THE ACT RESTORED THE TRIBAL LANDS THAT HAD BEEN FOR SALE AND ALLOWED TRIBES TO PURCHASE LANDS FOR COMMUNAL OR TRIBAL USE THE IRA GAVE TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS GREATER AUTHORITY OVER TRIBAL AFFAIRS BY ALLOWING THEM TO WRITE THEIR CONSTITUTIONS AND ENFORCE TRIBAL LAW ALTHOUGH THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS HAD TO APPROVE THE CONSTITUTIONS THE IRA ENCOURAGED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON THE RESERVATIONS BY OFFERING LOANS FOR NEW BUSINESSES AND ESTABLISHING JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS FINALLY THE ACT ATTEMPTED TO REVERSE THE EFFECTS OF THE DAWES ACT ON TRIBAL CULTURES BY DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO TEACH TRIBAL TRADITIONS AND LANGUAGES TO INDIAN CHILDREN
