<P> John Collier ( May 4 , 1884 -- May 8 , 1968 ) , a sociologist and writer , was an American social reformer and Native American advocate . He served as Commissioner for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the President Franklin D. Roosevelt administration , from 1933 to 1945 . He was chiefly responsible for the `` Indian New Deal '' , especially the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 , through which he intended to reverse a long - standing policy of cultural assimilation of Native Americans . </P>
<P> John Collier ( May 4 , 1884 -- May 8 , 1968 ) , a sociologist and writer , was an American social reformer and Native American advocate . He served as Commissioner for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the President Franklin D. Roosevelt administration , from 1933 to 1945 . He was chiefly responsible for the `` Indian New Deal '' , especially the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 , through which he intended to reverse a long - standing policy of cultural assimilation of Native Americans . </P>
who directed the bureau of indian affairs during the new deal
who directed the bureau of indian affairs during the new deal
John Collier
John Collier