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New BIA Chief Has Troubles
Morris Thompson, Nixon nominee and 34 year old Alaska Athabascan, won Senate confirmation as commissioner of Indian Affairs but faces a bureau marked by activist protests and a contested internal reorganization. Former commissioner Louis Bruce resigned amid criticism after the 1972 headquarters disturbances. Thompson previously served as area director in Juneau, Alaska.
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Dale Nelson
Associated Press
Washington
Morris Thompson
Nixon
Charles Trimble
Nationalest of American Indians
Bruce
Sidney R. Franklin
the Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton
Interior Department
John Seid
Department
Thompson
Morton
Juneau
Alaska
Tanaka