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