Show indian setting pace in gains in population washington american indians are the fastest growing population group in the united states today john collier commissioner commission yr of indian affairs recently told a house committee the indian population which now numbers approximately is setting a faster pace than either the whites or the negroes with pure bloods increasing at the rate of more than one per cent a year about indians are wards of f the federal government under I 1 ae the indian reorganization act the alaska amendment and the oklahoma amendment the indian pop lation includes about tribes varying widely in numbers many of the tribes have already adopted constitutions and other tribes are expected to incorporate under con and charters now pending |