Background
June 1924

Granting civil rights to the USA's original inhabitants

On 2 June 1924 in Washington, Congress passes the „Indian Citizenship Act“. The law grants the original inhabitants of the North American continent their „complete civil rights“, including the right to vote.

Source: nebraskastudies.org
President Coolidge with four Indians of the Osage tribe after signing the Indian Citizenship Act granting the Indians full civil rights



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