Despite its deeply felt convictions that its Indian agents were appointed and removed on merit, the civilian Board of Commissioners was frequently deemed corrupt, portrayed derogatorily in print and propaganda, and inadvertently assumed the scapegoat for the perceived inefficiency of Indian-White affairs: the Indian agent.
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Malgrat les seves conviccions profundament sentides que els seus agents indis van ser nomenats i cessats en el mèrit, la Junta de Comissionats civil va ser sovint considerada corrupta, retractada despectivament a la premsa i la propaganda, i va assumir distretament el "boc expiatori" de la ineficàcia percebuda d’assumptes indis-blancs: l’agent indi.
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