This act granted federal governmental agencies to compact with tribes to provide services to tribal citizens in the areas of health and education.

This act was passed to protect individual freedoms of tribal citizens and non-citizens on tribal lands. It covers most of the rights found in the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights and applies them to tribal governments. One of the most important rights for tribes was freedom of religion and tribes could once again openly practice their ceremonies.

The act was part of the “Indian New Deal” with the aim of providing funding to support Native Americans receiving education, health care and other support, especially in rural areas.

The act closed the Dawes Rolls and called for the sale of tribal properties. It also forced tribes to give up control of their schools.

This act removed Native American tribes from the Southeastern United States to lands West of the Mississippi River. These lands were to be in exchange for tribal homelands since time immemorial. The biggest proponent and supporter of this act was President Andrew Jackson.

This act granted citizenship to all Native Americans who were born within the boundaries of the United States. Under the Dawes Act, if certain provisions were followed, individual Native Americans could become citizens. This act conferred U.S. citizenship upon all Native Americans whether they wanted to be U.S. citizens or not.

After reaching a compromise that combined Oklahoma Territory with Indian Territory, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the act that began the process of Oklahoma statehood.

The act, signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, re-established a framework for implementing government-to-government Federal-Tribal relations, returned certain land and resource management rights to Tribes, and marked the Federal government’s formal reversal of its disastrous policy of the forced assimilation of Native Americans into United States culture. Congress enacted an Oklahoma-specific version of this act two years later, the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act.

The Indian Education Act was signed into law as Title IV of Public Law 92-318, Education Amendments of 1972, thus creating new educational opportunities for Native American children and adults. The Act was amended by the Education Amendments of 1974 and 1978. The Act provides financial assistance to local education agencies (LEAs), Native American-controlled schools, Native American tribes, Native American organizations, institutions of higher education, federally supported schools for Native American children, and State education agencies to meet the special educational needs of Native American children and adults. The Office of Indian Education is responsible for administering the Act.

The act authorized Oklahoma tribes to incorporate themselves for business purposes, adopt constitutions and elect officers. It also allowed the Secretary of the Interior to purchase trust lands.

The Curtis Act formally allowed for allotment of tribal lands in Indian Territory of the Five Civilized Tribes. The act required that the tribes put the provisions of the Atoka Agreement to a vote with the implication that the tribes would vote favorably. The act took away the power of the tribes to determine their own citizenship and left it to the Dawes Commission. It also took steps to abolish tribal courts, legislatures and election by tribal citizens of their own leaders. It severely restricted the right of the tribal governments to effectively govern their citizens and provide for their needs.

All health facilities and hospitals for Native Americans were transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (Department of Health and Human Services).

The act restored basic civil liberties of Native Americans to practice religious and cultural practices that had been previously banned by the U.S. government. Before 1978, Native Americans had been forced to practice many traditions and customs in secret or face prosecution.

This act set forth the system to authorize and regulate gaming on tribal lands. This allowed for tribes to set up and operate their gaming operations and to fund economic growth and services for their citizens.

This act eliminated several assistance programs for housing and replaced it with a block grant program. This was another step in self-determination for tribes to better assist their citizens with quality and affordable housing.

This act directed the Bureau of Indian Affairs should direct and expend monies from time to time for the benefit, care and assistance of Native Americans throughout the United States.

This act requires that tribes be consulted by federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funding regarding items that are culturally significant. These include human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects and cultural items.