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History Matters: A Bill of Rights for the Indians
In an attempt to redress wrongs towards Native Americans in the Dawes Act of 1887, John Collier, Roosevelt's Commissioner of Indian Affairs, collaborated with Native American elders in order to come up with new laws. Read about what was...
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History Matters: John Collier Promises to Reform Indian Policy
Find the report by John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to the Secretary of the Interior, describing how he was trying to right many of the wrongs in the federal government's dealings with Native Americans as a result of the...
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History Matters: A Taos Pueblo Tries to Sell the Indian New Deal
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, which became known as the Indian New Deal, dramatically changed the federal government's Indian policy. This letter by Antonio Luhan to the then-Indian Commissioner gives an impression of its...