ethnologist
(1884-1968) Funcionário do governo americano
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John Collier, um sociólogo e escritor, foi um reformador social americano e defensor dos nativos americanos. Ele serviu como Comissário do Bureau of Indian Affairs na administração do Presidente Franklin D. Roosevelt, de 1933 a 1945. Ele foi principalmente responsável pelo "Indian New Deal", especialmente pelo Indian Reorganization Act de 1934, por meio do qual pretendia reverter uma política de longa data de assimilação cultural dos nativos americanos.
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““Selfishness and greed,” said he, “have made the world what it is today.””
“Take a friendly word of advice. You don't want to make pictures. It’s nothing but worry. Besides, you'll get mixed up with a lot of actors.”
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