How were Native Americans impacted by government interventions to the Great Depression?

The Bureau of Indian Affairs created reservation jobs for Native Americans to improve tribal economy.

Reservations were plotted so that each Native American family could have its own land to promote individuality.

The United States returned self-government to Native Americans to reduce government funding.

The United States began to sell Native American reservation land to pay for New Deal programs.

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Simone Oneal

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5 July, 03:22

How were Native Americans impacted by government interventions to the Great Depression?

The Bureau of Indian Affairs created reservation jobs for Native Americans to improve tribal economy.

Reservations were plotted so that each Native American family could have its own land to promote individuality.

The United States returned self-government to Native Americans to reduce government funding.

The United States began to sell Native American reservation land to pay for New Deal programs.

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Preston Dalton · Answer 1

Before the Great Depression and the Indian New Deal, ethnocidal policies devastated Native - American individuals and nations. between 1887 and 1933, over half of the tribal land base was lost to land thieves, tax sales, and government sales of "surplus lands."