Sold! The Loss of Kiowa Allotments in the Post-Indian Reorganization Era

Autor/in	Palmer, Mark H.
Titel	Sold! The Loss of Kiowa Allotments in the Post-Indian Reorganization Era
Quelle	In: American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 35 (2011) 3, S.37-57 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-6463
Schlagwörter	American Indians; Tribes; United States History; American Indian History; Federal Government; Public Policy; Federal Legislation; Cultural Maintenance; Access to Education; Civil Rights; Land Acquisition; Agricultural Occupations; Rural Areas; Poverty; Oklahoma + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? American Indian; Indianer; Tribal society; Stammesgesellschaft; Bundesregierung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Bundesrecht; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Landerschließung; Landgewinnung; Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Armut
Abstract	The fragmentation of large nineteenth-century reservations resulted in the creation of American Indian allotment geographies in the United States. Federal Indian policy, namely the General Allotment Act of 1887, allowed the US government to break up large reservations, allot land to individual Indians, and sell the surplus to non-Indian settlers. More than ninety million acres of land transferred from Indian to non-Indian ownership during the past 130 years. Reduction of land-allotment areas concerned tribal governments, Indian landowners, and the US Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Implementation of the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) in 1934 encouraged the preservation of Indian culture, the development of tribal government, educational opportunities, and the protection of Indian land. However, many American Indians sold their allotments, and land bases continued to decrease following the passage of the IRA. The purpose of this study is to investigate the allotment problem at a local scale, using historical land maps and BIA documents to determine why Indian-owned land bases continued to decline after 1934. The author's tribal affiliation with the Kiowas of southwestern Oklahoma led to the selection of their land base as a subject of inquiry and a geographical focal point. This research contributed to a broader collection of literature regarding the dispossession of Indian land in the United States. (Contains 5 figures, 2 tables, and 77 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Indian Studies Center at UCLA. 3220 Campbell Hall, Box 951548, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1548. Tel: 310-825-7315; Fax: 310-206-7060; e-mail: sales@aisc.ucla.edu; Web site: http://www.books.aisc.ucla.edu/aicrj.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10