RACES: Indians
When the 1930 census revealed that the "vanishing" Indian was in fact becoming more numerous, Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier attributed his increase, not to fertility, but to the fact that the Government's census takers had worked more diligently than in 1920, found noses to count that had been missed before.
Last week Commissioner Collier had more Indian news. With 3,500 more births than deaths each year, Indians are increasing at a more rapid rate than any other racial group in the U. S., he announced. Again, to the surprise of conclusion-jumpers, Commissioner Collier did not ascribe the increase to the redman's fecundity. Fewer deaths, not more births, accounted for the increase.
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