Indian New Deal, Tribal Termination, and Urban Relocation 1934-1967

1950

Former head of Japanese internment camps appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Dillon Meyer with Eleanor Roosevelt. Image: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Dillon Meyer with Eleanor Roosevelt. Image: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Dillon Meyer is an avid supporter of termination of tribes and the federal trust relationship.

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