Public Law 68-175

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Public Law 68-175 is the federal statute commonly known as the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, which granted U.S. citizenship to all non-citizen Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.

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instanceOf Native American civil rights law ⓘ
United States federal statute ⓘ
citizenship law ⓘ
aimsTo clarify and standardize the citizenship status of Native Americans born in the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Snyder Act of 1924 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
beneficiaryGroup Indigenous peoples of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Native Americans
chamberInvolved United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
congressNumber 68th United States Congress ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1924-06-02 ⓘ
doesNotAutomaticallyGrant voting rights in all states ⓘ
effectiveDate 1924-06-02 ⓘ
enactmentYear 1924 ⓘ
grants United States citizenship to all non-citizen Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States ⓘ
hasCommonName Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 ⓘ
hasLegalStatus enacted ⓘ
hasShortName Indian Citizenship Act ⓘ
historicalContext part of early 20th-century federal Indian policy reforms ⓘ
post-World War I recognition of Native American military service ⓘ
isPartOf United States Statutes at Large ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional law (citizenship) ⓘ
public law ⓘ
legalEffect conferred birthright U.S. citizenship on non-citizen Native Americans born in the United States ⓘ
removed the need for individual naturalization of most Native Americans born in the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
namedFor Homer P. Snyder ⓘ
placeSigned Washington, D.C. ⓘ
precedes state-level legislation securing Native American voting rights ⓘ
publicLawNumber 68-175 ⓘ
relatedTo Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Native American civil rights movement ⓘ
United States nationality law ⓘ
signedBy Calvin Coolidge ⓘ
signingRole President of the United States ⓘ
subject Native American citizenship ⓘ
civil rights of Indigenous peoples in the United States ⓘ
nationality law of the United States ⓘ
targetPopulation Alaska Natives ⓘ
American Indians ⓘ
linked to: Native Americans

Native Americans ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
typeOfChange expansion of citizenship ⓘ

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