Buckner also prohibited soldiers from associating with Native women. Whatever his main motivations were, the order effectively also prohibited Native soldiers from associating with their family and friends. The Peratroviches engaged Anthony Dimond and Governor Gruening to assist them in their efforts to have the order rescinded. Dimond and Gruening provided instrumental support to the Perstroviches both in this particular situation, and in their broader quest for the passsge of anti-discrimination legislation.