Talk:Charles Fletcher Lummis

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I removed this part of the article for review. It might be included on the part on Indian Affairs, but it needs to be tied in contextually as something that occured because of his earlier work even though he lost welcome at the White House.--Magi Media 16:39, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Part of Lummis's legacy should include his work in the 1920's on behalf of the Pueblo Indians. At the urging of Mary Austin, Mabel Dodge Lujan introduced Lummis to a young social activist, John Collier. Together, Lummis and Collier fought the Bursum Bill which sought to open Indian ancestral lands for private sale and development. They also advised the the All Pueblo Council on how to circumvent an attempted take over by the Federal Government, intent on disenfranchising the power of the Pueblo confederation. When Collier was appointed to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he was enable to enact many of the reforms Lummis attempted under President Theodore Roosevelt. For more information see Thompson's book, "American Character.