Snyder Act of 1924

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The Snyder Act of 1924 is a United States federal law that granted full U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the country.

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Snyder Act of 1924 canonical 2
Snyder Act 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
citizenship law ⓘ
affectedPopulation hundreds of thousands of Native Americans ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Indian Citizenship Act ⓘ
Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 ⓘ
Snyder Act ⓘ
linked to: Snyder Act of 1924
appliesTo American Indians ⓘ
linked to: Native Americans

Indigenous peoples of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Native Americans

Native Americans ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Statutes at Large ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I powers of Congress over naturalization ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1924-06-02 ⓘ
doesNotAutomaticallyGrant voting rights in all states ⓘ
dualCitizenshipEffect allowed individuals to be both U.S. citizens and members of Native American tribes ⓘ
enforcementAuthority federal government of the United States ⓘ
geographicFocus Alaska Territory (1924) ⓘ
contiguous United States ⓘ
other U.S. territories existing in 1924 ⓘ
grants United States citizenship ⓘ
historicalContext followed Native American military service in World War I ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked a major milestone in the legal recognition of Native Americans as U.S. citizens ⓘ
impactOnTribalStatus did not terminate tribal citizenship or tribal sovereignty ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect conferred birthright U.S. citizenship on Native Americans ⓘ
extended Fourteenth Amendment citizenship principles to Native Americans by statute ⓘ
removed the need for individual naturalization of Native Americans ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
namedAfter Homer P. Snyder ⓘ
officeOfSigner President of the United States ⓘ
policyArea Indigenous law in the United States ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
predecessor piecemeal citizenship grants through treaties and allotment policies ⓘ
purpose to grant full U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans born within U.S. territorial limits ⓘ
relatedTo Dawes Act ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 ⓘ
relationshipToStateLaw left regulation of voting rights largely to the states ⓘ
scopeOfCitizenship all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States ⓘ
signedBy Calvin Coolidge ⓘ
sponsor Homer P. Snyder ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
subjectMatter Native American rights ⓘ
citizenship ⓘ
civil status of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
territorialScope territorial limits of the United States ⓘ
typeOfChange expansion of citizenship ⓘ
yearEnacted 1924 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 → alsoKnownAs → Snyder Act of 1924 ⓘ
Snyder Act of 1924 → alsoKnownAs → Snyder Act ⓘ
linked to: Snyder Act of 1924
Public Law 68-175 → alsoKnownAs → Snyder Act of 1924 ⓘ