Relocation

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Relocation
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Purpose of Relocation

• Time Period 1948- 1979
• The Bureau of Indian Affairs encouraged Indians
  to migrate to urban areas
• By 1960, a total of 33,466 Indians had been
  relocated.
• Government relocation provided
• Job placement
• Job training (vocational skills)
• Counseling
• Transportation
• Subsistence funds until the first paycheck

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Effects of Relocation

• More Native Americans live in urban areas today
  than on reservations
• Pow wows were created as a way for diverse tribes
  to come together to celebrate their Indian
  heritage
• Some brought skills learned back to
  reservations/tribal communities (Ex. Lumbees in
  Baltimore Detroit)

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