The first and most important step toward the absorption of the Indian is to teach him to earn his living; yet it is not necessarily to be assumed that in each community all Indians must become either tillers of the soil or stock raisers.
Roosevelt believes that teaching Native Americans to earn a living is crucial for their integration, but not all must become farmers or ranchers.
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