Indian Relocation Act of 1956

Public Law 959, also called the Indian Relocation Act of 1956 was passed to stimulate urban relocation and assimilation of Native Americans to white American culture (Walters). The act transferred the funds given Native American reservations to urban relocation projects (Walters). The relocation promotion reduced the Native American population in reservations and increased the Native American population in urban areas (Walters). By doing so, the Natives went from the ignored majority in their reservations to the ghost minority in the urban areas. Becoming a minority made the US government perceive them less than they already did. Relocation did not only cost the Native Americans their power, but also their culture.