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President Roosevelt praises Natalie Curtis for the work she has done on poems of Native Americans, which “cast a wholly new light on the depth and dignity of Indian thought.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-07
President Roosevelt feels that Natalie Curtis has “rendered a real service to American literature” through her compiling of Native American songs. Roosevelt feels that the book will be of continuing value through the preservation of Native American culture and will allow the whole nation to benefit from it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-03