... For example, tribes were reorganised into self-governing bodies which could adopt their own legal systems, police and constitution. This can be seen as an important turning point because during the Indian Wars the status of independent nations had been taken away from the tribes and this was the first time any real power had been given back to the Natives. The New Deal brought to an end the conquest of American Indian peoples and their continued decimation and assimilation. Moreover, it can be seen as the first main attack on the Dawes act of 1887 which had meant that the previously granted citizenship and freedoms were meaningless due to the many restrictions in place. This included the fact that the tribes were administered by bureau officials who were under the federal government. It was only the Miriam Report of 1928 that documented pervasiveness of Indian poverty and the failure of ...

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