March 24, 1903 - This policy contemplates a wholesale rechristening of all the Indians in the United States, substituting for their usually unpronounceable titles, names selected by the officers of the Indian bureau. The Indians will not be consulted.

Revision of Indians Names

March 24, 1903 - Washington - A complete revision of the names of Indians in the United States is now being made by the government. The object is to eliminate the many almost unpronounceable and vulgar Indian names and to substitute permanent names that will show the family relationship, retaining any existing names that are proper and which will enable title to allotments, etc. to be kept clear. 

1903 March 24, Green Bay Press Gazette 

New Names for Indians

Order is Issued which probably will make the Red Men angry

      Washington - The Indian bureau has decided on a policy which will probably cause as much indignation, and excitement among the red men as in the now famous order of Commissioner Jones, since revoked, instituting compulsory hair-cutting among the Nation's wards.
      This policy contemplates a wholesale rechristening of all the Indians in the United States, substituting for their usually unpronounceable titles, names selected by the officers of the Indian bureau. The Indians will not be consulted. The many syllables cognomens which they have borne with pride and dignity up to the present time will be taken from them willy nilly, and they will be given ordinary names that can be found in any city directory.

1903 March 29, Pittsburgh Daily Post