The article presents information on the social assimilation of the American Indian. The purpose of this study is to interpret and evaluate from the sociological viewpoint the cultural relations between Indians and dominant Euro-Americans within the territory of the United States. In former years word pictures of poets, romancers, missionary settlers, and soldiers gave a wrong impression of the character of the Indian, arousing in the Euro-American mind extreme attitudes, which ranged from warlike hatred to philanthropic zeal, or even to total indifference. Throughout the entire history of the contact of races, the Christian missionary has been in the field to convert the Indian to his own religious belief. He represents a continuous effort to substitute one culture for another. In the arts and industries, pottery, basketry, and weaving of blankets and indeed all of the native industries should be perpetuated for certain classes. Language and domestic science, family improvement, and religious life should all be emphasized in the preparation for independent life.