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Dillon Seymour Myer (September 4, 1891 – October 21, 1982) was a United States government official who served as Director of the War Relocation Authority during World War II, Director of the Federal Public Housing Authority, and Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the early 1950s.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), [2] is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior.It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to Native Americans and Alaska Natives, and administering and managing over 55,700,000 acres (225,000 km 2) of reservations held in trust by the U.S. federal government for ...
In 1950, the Navajo-Hopi Law was passed which funded a program to help relocate tribe members to Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and Denver and help them find jobs. In 1951 the Bureau of Indian Affairs began expanding the program and assigned relocation workers to Oklahoma, New Mexico, California, Arizona, Utah and Colorado, officially extending ...
A series of images from the era have emerged more than a decade after they were almost thrown away.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs acknowledged in 1993 that the federal government had recognized them as a sovereign tribe in treaties for 1831, 1832 and in the "1839 act which granted them citizenship and gave the tribe land in Wisconsin". Based on these findings the tribe petitioned the Department of the Interior again. [61]
Formed in 1824 and headquartered in the Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C., the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), [34] is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior.
Indian Health program records, however, show that the tribe was officially terminated as of 29 March 1956 and no tribal members were eligible for services. [5] After years of attempting to have their status reaffirmed, the Bureau of Indian Affairs "citing oversights in official records", [4] recognized the tribe on 29 December 2000. [6]
National Indian Youth Council demonstrations, March 1970, Bureau of Indian Affairs Office. The civil rights movement was a very significant event in the history of the struggle for civil rights for Native Americans and other people of color.