But it wasn’t until 1924, when Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, that all Native Americans were granted sweeping access to American democracy. Up until that point, Native people had ...

A politically powerful opponent of birthright citizenship railed that the United States cannot “give up the right” to “expel” ...

granting citizenship to “all noncitizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States.” Today, Native Americans claim dual citizenship, recognizing their identity with both ...

Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act a century ago, granting citizenship to “all noncitizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States.” Today, Native Americans claim dual ...

The Supreme Court also ruled in 1884 in a dispute over voter registration that U.S.-born John Elk was not a citizen because he was born as a member of a Native American tribe and therefore not ...