Wassaja wanted Native people to have the same opportunities as white people. While working as a doctor on western reservations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), he saw poor health facilities and schools. He became critical of the BIA and the reservation system because he believed reservations isolated Native people and gave them few chances to improve their lives. He called for the abolition of both the reservation system and the BIA.
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