The 1910 special U.S. census of Indians, overseen by Harvard anthropologist Roland Dixon, reported that mixed-blood Indians were increasing much faster than full-blood Indians and concluded that full-blood Indians would eventually disappear altogether unless conditions changed.
Notes on verification
Confirmed via primary US Census Bureau publications from 1910 and secondary historical/anthropological review (NCBI). Multiple independent corroborating sources including primary government documents. [tier=bronze indep_score=0.539 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Racial Reorganization and the United States Census 1850-1930 (seed:relationships_and_lifestyle)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK233098/ (corroboration)
- https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/bulletins/demographics/365-population-us-statistics-of-indian-population.pdf (corroboration)
- https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/indian-population/indian-population-p2.pdf (corroboration)