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Congress gave citizenship to Native Americans a century ago, but voting rights would come decades later
It’s been 100 years since Native Americans gained U.S. citizenship, but voting rights came much later. Arizona was the last ...
Smithsonian Magazine11d
A Century Ago, This Law Underscored the Promises and Pitfalls of Native American Citizenship
Indian Citizenship Act sought to assimilate Native people into white society. But the legislation, signed by President Calvin ...
PBS11d
Sexual abuse of Native American children at boarding schools exposed in new report
For 150 years, the United States government sent Native American children to remote boarding schools as part of a systematic ...
100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states
An act of Congress a century ago guaranteed citizenship to wary Native Americans in an age of forced assimilation and marked ...
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland: Native Americans Have Always Been Citizens
On the snowy morning of December 2, 1960, I was born into the arms of my mother in Winslow, Arizona. Helen and Tony met at St ...
Letter from the Publisher | Heritage Unbound: Native American Citizenship at 100
President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act, also known as the Snyder Act. On that day, about 125,000 of the ...
U.S. citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states over 100 years ago
Voter participation advocate Theresa Pasqual traverses Acoma Pueblo with a stack of sample ballots in her car and ...
ABC News8d
100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states
Inequities are especially pronounced in remote regions across the U.S., and some key Southwestern states with large Native American populations. New Mexico is trying something new — a test run ...
MPR News8d
100 years ago, U.S. citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states
Native Americans in New Mexico — home to 22 ... Dakota citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, a veteran of the United States Navy, an attorney and the legislative affairs director for ...