On the recordJuly 12, 2017
the IRA's goal was to, and I quote, "rehabilitate the Indians' economic life, and to give him a chance to develop the initiative destroyed by a century of oppression and paternalism."
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congress.govNorma Torres: “the IRA's goal was to, and I quote, "rehabilitate the Indians' economic life, and to give him a chance to develop the…”
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Torres emphasizes the original intent of the Indian Reorganization Act for economic rehabilitation.
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