Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act on June 18 which restored tribal landholding rights and temporarily halted the termination of Indian reservations.
The Indian Removal Act, passed by Congress on May 26, sets up the Trail of Tears, the forced removal of over 70,000 Native Americans from Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Florida between 1830 and 1839 to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma).
