In the 1600s, both french fur traders and jesuit missionaries

They were both concerned with Christianizing the native peoples, and they both tried to understand the Indian's values and worldview. 

Opposition to the nra came to a head in 1935, when the conservative supreme court declared the agency unconstitutional, claiming the nra gave the executive branch regulatory powers that belonged exclusively to congress. this decision began a series of court decisions that overturned key elements of the new deal.