US citizenship was forced on Native Americans 100 years ago − its promise remains elusive https://theconversation.com/us-citizenship-was-forced-on-native-americans-100-years-ago-its-promise-remains-elusive-227846Only a handful of news articles and even...
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US citizenship was forced on Native Americans 100 years ago − its promise remains elusive
https://theconversation.com/us-citizenship-was-forced-on-native-americans-100-years-ago-its-promise-remains-elusive-227846
Only a handful of news articles and events have commemorated the centennial of the law giving U.S. citizenship to Native Americans.Perhaps that’s unsurprising. The legislation has little relevance to most American citizens, and many Native Americans were dismayed when President Calvin Coolidge signed it into law in June 1924.
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