Collier, John, 1884–1968, American social worker,
anthropologist, and author, educated at Columbia and the Collège
de France. After holding several positions in community
organization and social work training, he became active in
Native American affairs in 1922. Collier was editor of the
magazine American Indian Life from 1926 until 1933, when he was
appointed commissioner of Indian Affairs, a position he held for
12 years. In addition to works in verse, he wrote Indians of the
Americas (1947) and On the Gleaming Way (1962, orig. pub. 1949
as Patterns and Ceremonials of the Indians of the Southwest ).
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