#snyder act

[faramirsonofgondor]

Reminder that June 2nd this year will mark the 100th anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act (also know as the Snyder Act) which granted American Indians and Alaskan Natives full citizenship in the United States!

[chrissterry]

Federal ruling giving Nevada Indians better voting access may be key in close election outcome

Federal ruling giving Nevada Indians better voting access may be key in close election outcome

Thanks to a decision by an Obama-appointed federal judge last week, It will be easier for American Indians to vote in Nevada this year. And, reports Megan R. Wilson, this could mean Democrats, who typically get the lion’s share of the Native vote in Nevada, will hang onto their Senate seat in that state being vacated by Minority Leader Harry Reid. Although all American Indians supposedly got the…

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[chrissterry]

Federal ruling giving Nevada Indians better voting access may be key in close election outcome

Federal ruling giving Nevada Indians better voting access may be key in close election outcome

Thanks to a decision by an Obama-appointed federal judge last week, It will be easier for American Indians to vote in Nevada this year. And, reports Megan R. Wilson, this could mean Democrats, who typically get the lion’s share of the Native vote in Nevada, will hang onto their Senate seat in that state being vacated by Minority Leader Harry Reid. Although all American Indians supposedly got the…

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[furryalligator]

RT @BeschlossDC: Calvin Coolidge signed act granting US citizenship to "non citizen Indians" born on US terrritory, this day 1924:

The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, also known as the Snyder Act, was proposed by Representative Homer P. Snyder (R) of New York and granted full U.S. citizenship to America's indigenous peoples, called "Indians" in this Act. (The Fourteenth Amendment already defined as citizens any person born in the U.S., but only if "subject to the jurisdiction thereof"; this latter clause was thought to exclude certain indigenous peoples.) The act was signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 2, 1924.[1][2][3] It was enacted partially in recognition of the thousands of Indians who served in the armed forces in WWI.