Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 was a law passed by the United States Government that finally declared Native Americans to be citizens of the United States, and therefore guaranteeing them all the rights and privileges that other members of the United States have.
Remember that the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared all African-Americans to be freed from slavery, was written in Abraham Lincoln in 1865, and the 14th Amendment, which declared African-Americans to be citizens was passed by the US Congress in 1868. This means that Native Americans could still be sold into slavery and did not count as citizens for over 50 years after the Civil War ended.
Here is the full text of the law:
“BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all non citizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States be, and they are hereby, declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided That the granting of such citizenship shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of any Indian to tribal or other property.”
Remember that the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared all African-Americans to be freed from slavery, was written in Abraham Lincoln in 1865, and the 14th Amendment, which declared African-Americans to be citizens was passed by the US Congress in 1868. This means that Native Americans could still be sold into slavery and did not count as citizens for over 50 years after the Civil War ended.
Here is the full text of the law:
“BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all non citizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States be, and they are hereby, declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided That the granting of such citizenship shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of any Indian to tribal or other property.”