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 of America
surface form: United States
beneficiaryGroup Native Americans
surface form: Indigenous peoples of the United States
chamberInvolved United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
congressNumber 68th United States Congress
country United States of America
surface form: 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 of 1924
surface form: 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
surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Native American civil rights
surface form: Native American civil rights movement

Immigration and Nationality Act
surface form: 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
Native Americans
surface form: American Indians

Native Americans
timePeriod 20th century
typeOfChange expansion of citizenship

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