While Native Americans can trace their ancestry in what is now the United States back thousands of years, they were only granted U.S. citizenship in the last century through the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act.
June 2, 2024, will mark the 100th anniversary of the act’s passage. IPR faculty experts Doug Kiel and Beth Redbird reflect on the passage of this historically and socially complex legislation—and what it means for the nearly 10 million Americans who claim Native American heritage today.
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