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This public law, also known as the Indian Citizenship Act or the Snyder Act, passed on June 2, 1924, provided United States citizenship to all Indigenous people born in the United States.
Publication Date
6-2-1924
Keywords
Indian Citizenship Act, Snyder Act, granting citizenship, United States citizen
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Disciplines
American Politics | Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law | Indigenous Studies | Law and Politics | Native American Studies | United States History
Recommended Citation
An Act to Authorize the Secretary of the Interior to Issue Certificates of Citizenship to Indians. Public Law 175. Statues at Large 43, (1924): 253. https://commons.und.edu/indigenous-gov-docs/130/.
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