Indian Citizenship Act

The earlier Snyder Act (1924) had extended citizenship to all Indigenous people born in the United States, opening the door to full participation in American civic life (see also Are Native Americans U.S. Citizens?. But few took advantage of the law, and a number of states subsequently…

Calvin Coolidge signed the Snyder Act, also called the Indian Citizenship Act, into law. This act did not apply to Native Hawaiians, who were already citizens through the Hawaiian Organic Act in 1900.