Under the leadership of commissioner of indian affairs john collier, the administration launched the indian new deal. identify the statements that describe the indian new deal.

The Indian New Deal consisted of the following:

1) Indian Emergency Conservation Program (IECP)- This was a public works project that hired Native Americans to help fix the infrastructure/land on reservations. This program helped to employ roughly 85,000 Native Americans.

2) Hiring Native Americans for other public works projects- Native Americans got the opportunity thanks to other government programs including the Works Progress Administration and the Conservation Civilian Corps.

3) Indian Reorganization Act- This got rid of the restrictive Dawes Act of the 1880's and allowed for more tribal sovereignty and the ability to practice their culture/norms without federal punishment.

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