History of the United States II / Unit 11 USH2 1547 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Indian New Deal
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The idea
Collier used the law to win back nearly two million acres the government held and return them to tribes, the anchor records, though rebuilding communal holdings proved hard.
In practice
More than eighty-five thousand Native Americans employed in a conservation corps on the reservations, Digital History says.
Where people slip
Digital History calls the Indian New Deal the only bright spot in the administration's treatment of minorities.
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