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Charles Curtis, the nation's first Native American Vice President, was from the Kaw tribe in Kansas.

Hoover's humanitarian and Quaker reputation, along with Curtis as a vice-president, gave special meaning to his Indian policies.

His Quaker upbringing influenced his views that Native Americans needed to achieve economic self-sufficiency.

As President, he appointed Charles J. Rhoads as commissioner of Indian affairs.

Hoover supported Rhoads ' commitment to Indian assimilation and sought to minimize the federal role in Indian affairs.

His goal was to have Indians acting as individuals ( not as tribes ) and to assume the responsibilities of citizenship granted with the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.