Episode
Indian Citizenship Act Passes, 1924
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- WORT 89.9FM Madison
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- Jun 1, 2026
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- 309
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Summary
June 2nd is the 102nd anniversary of the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act, which declared that all Native Americans in the United States to be citizens, completing a decades-long process of piecemeal granting of citizenship to Native Americans, though it did not immediately grant the right to vote and was opposed by some native groups at the time due to concerns about sovereignty and treaty rights. Harry Richardson has the story. Image shows President Calvin Coolidge posed with Natives, possibly from the Plateau area in the Northwestern United States, near the south lawn of the White House. Image Courtesy: Library of Congress, https://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3c11409/