Sunday, February 22, 2015

The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.139

I have felt it for several weeks in my contacts with the Indian people, and just recently two of our oldest employees, one of whom has been in the Service here for fifteen years, and another one who has been here for a period of ten years, came to me and said that they had become very much discouraged in their efforts, and that a great many of the Indians with whom they had been working and encouraging along the lines of industry had apparently changed their minds and were giving a good deal of credence to the theory that they were being very much abused by the government, and that the various investigators were going to correct many of these things and see that their alleged rights were protected, along far different lines than the methods that are being used by the government. I am bringing these matters to your attention as matters of information. It would appear that the feeling of dissatisfaction and misunderstanding that exists among our Indians is too important a factor for your Office not to be fully advised on. There is little question but what if this feeling continues that it will carry with it a rather serious reaction on our efforts, and it has unquestionably weakened our administration and our influence with a great many Indian people.”
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau  
pg.139

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