An excerpt from The Problem of Indian Administration, a study of conditions on reservations conducted by the Brookings Institution, 1928.

In 1924, Congress ordered that a team of investigators visit Indian reservations across the United States and report back on what they found. The result was The Problem of Indian Administration, published in 1928, often known as the Meriam Report, after its chief author. This excerpt from the report sums up the findings of the investigative team.

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Brookings Institution, excerpt from “The problem of Indian administration,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/6b9a6d754dece80c21de4ceba7cfb3ef.
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