THE ATTITUDE AND BELIEFS THAT LED TO THE NEW DEAL AND WHY SOME AMERICAN NATIVES OPPOSED THE NEW DEAL AND SOME SUPPORTED IT.
US/federal Indian policy it’s the policy that entrenches the relationship between the Indian tribes and the United States’ government within its borders (Cappelli 1998). According to the constitution, the American government is given the responsibility for dealing with tribes. Before all these, some treaties formed in the 19th century were seen to be biased and one-sided, which led to the new policy’s formation. President Roosevelt enacted the new deal in the US, which was put in place because it responded to the need for reforms, recovery, and relief from an incident in October 1929 called the great depression. The great depression marked a new era for unemployment, deflation, and low opportunities for economic growth.
The Indian Reorganization Act, also known as the wheeler-Howard Act (June 18, 1934), aimed to decrease the US government’s control over American Indians and increase the Indians’ self-governance responsibilities (Taylor 1998). Some of the United states natives supported the acts because it showed gratitude for the Indians for the good services they had done to the country In world war 1. Also, some natives like Huey Long thought that the low did not go too far. After all, he thought sharing all wealth and using money that belonged to the public to help the poor was good and wanted it to be more. Although some natives supported the Act, other natives opposed the Act during the congregation hearing because some feared that the state would deprive them of their reservations. Some businessmen also thought that the new deal had gone too far as welfare and relief went too far and cost too much and undermined traditional American values. Hence, they needed less government intervention and a handoff approach.
References
- Taylor, Graham D. The New Deal and American Indian Tribalism: The Administration of the Indian Reorganization Act, 1934-45. U of Nebraska Press, 1980.
- Cappelli, Peter. New deal at work. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1998.
- Berger, Thomas R. Village journey: the report of the Alaska Native Review Commission. New York: Hill and Wang, 1985.