At the beginning of the twentieth century, there were approximately 270,000 Native Americans left in the United States. According to the 2000 Census, there are now four million Native Americans living in the United States. Better treatment of Native Americans is credited with this population increase. Discuss how the Indian Reorganization Act and the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act aim to improve the lives of Native Americans in the United States.

In contrast to the horrific Indian Removal Act, the Indian Reorganization Act and the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act aimed to correct many of the mistakes made during the nineteenth century. The Indian Reorganization Act passed in 1934 and gave Native Americans the right to open businesses and created a system through which Native Americans could have access to vocational training and credit. The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act was even bigger, as it granted tribes the right to govern their own territory (limited tribal sovereignty) while still giving them access to federal money.

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