Executive Order 5768 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5768—Extension of Trust Period on Indian Reservation Allotments

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Wednesday, December 30, 1931

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1 min read (137 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1931-12-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Extension of Trust Period on Indian Reservation Allotments." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Extension of Trust Period on Indian Reservation Allotments.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

137

865 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5768, Herbert Hoover (Dec 30, 1931). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5768-extension-trust-period-indian-reservation-allotments.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

It is hereby ordered, under authority contained in section 5 of the act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 388, 389), and the act of June 21, 1906 (34 Stat. 325, 326), that the period of trust covering allotments made in favor of Indians on the following-named reservations, which trust will expire during the calendar year 1932, be, and the same is hereby, extended for a period of 10 years from the respective dates of expiration thereof: Temecula or Pechanga, California; Sac and Fox, Kansas and Nebraska; Grand Portage, White Earth, and Winnibigoshish, Minnesota; Crow, Montana; Santee, Nebraska; Devils Lake and Standing Rock, North Dakota; Eastern Shawnee, and Otoe and Missouria, Oklahoma; Cheyenne River, Crow Creek, Pine Ridge, and Rosebud, South Dakota; Quinaielt, Washington; Shoshone or Wind River, Wyoming. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, December 30, 1931.