Impacts of the Great Depression on American Indians

1) What were the impacts of the Great Depression on American Indians, according to the article?

2) What were the impacts of the Indian Citizenship Act?

3) What was the Meriam Report, and what were its impacts?

4) What did Roosevelt’s New Deal entail, and what were its effects on Native Americans? How did the New Deal build off of/connect to previous events from previous lessons?

5) Briefly define what Termination and Relocation policies were. Next, explain the events that led up to these decisions, and what the lasting effects of these policies were.

6) Lastly, compare/contrast the American government’s perspective versus American Indian tribes’ perspectives regarding Termination and Relocation, as discussed in Prof. Mayfield’s lecture.

7) Lastly, please reflect on what resonated from this week’s materials overall. Please share your thoughts, reactions, or connections here.