Coolidge with Osage Indians, Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

U.S. President Calvin Coolidge with four Osage Indians after Coolidge signed the bill granting Native Americans full citizenship on June 2, 1924. The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, also known as the Snyder Act, granted full U.S. citizenship to the indigenous peoples of the United States. While the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution defines as citizens any persons born in the U.S. and subject to its jurisdiction, the amendment had been interpreted to not apply to Native people. Even Native Americans who were granted citizenship rights under the 1924 Act may not have had full citizenship and suffrage rights until 1948. According to a survey by the Department of Interior, seven states still refused to grant Native Americans voting rights in 1938. Discrepancies between federal and state control provided loopholes in the Act's enforcement

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