1. Hoover to FDR:

2. A. Hoover’s Indians
Charles Curtis, 1st Native American VP (Kaw, Osage, Pottawatomie, Kansas)
1929 Herbert Hoover appointed Charles Rhoads to Comm. Of Indian Affairs
President Hoover reorganized Bureau of Indian Affairs

3. B. Depressions
Friends and Boy Scouts of America collected clothing and shoes for Indians in NY
1930 Census
1930 Congress released $1,440,000 for medical services on rez
1931: BIA had to call the Red Cross and US Army to supply winter rations

4. C. FDR vs. Hoover Election Issues FDR’s appeal Hoover’s status quo
1924 Citizenship
State and Local Disenfranchisement
Tribal Politics
FDR’s appeal
Hoover’s status quo

5. D. FDR’s 100 days and Collier
FDR elected in 1932
Harold Ickes became Sec. of Interior
John Collier as Comm. Of Indian Affairs
abolished Board of Indian Commissioners
1933: helped create a series of Indian desks in New Deal agencies