Dr. Quintard Taylor, Jr.
Scott and Dorothy Bullitt
Professor of American History
 
 
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Primary Documents:

The Indian Citizenship Act (1924)

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.

Approved June 2, 1924

Source: Charles J. Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, Vol. IV, Treaties (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1929), p. 1165.