Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

For this week’s forum I decided to research the Shawnee and Chickasaw American Indian Tribes due to the fact these particular tribes populated both areas the paternal and maternal sides of my family originated from. The Shawnee tribe mainly populated Northeast areas such as Ohio and Indiana. Their culture was based on a village lifestyle where farming and hunting were done by the men of the tribe while the women focused on household chores and took to pottery. The homes were round in shape and…

Our homes torn away from us. All because of worthless traitors. They have paid for their betrayal, but I should start from the beginning. It all begins with the Indian Removal Act and Andrew Jackson. To begin, I’m Mohe, part of the Cherokee tribe, and I have been forcefully removed from my home. First the white men’s old leader made an act that was to force all tribes leave their land and move west. Then Andrew Jackson went against a case made by his Supreme Court deeming Native Americans…

As Andrew Jackson once stated in his Inaugural speech: “It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and give that human and considerate attention to the rights and their wants which is consistent with the habits of our government and the feelings of our people”. While Andrew Jackson served as the 7th president of United States, from March 4, 1829 to March 4, 1837. Many considered him the founder of the Democratic…

the Indian Removal Act that took place in 1838, where over 15,000 Cherokee Indians were forcefully removed from their homes and sent on a brutal journey almost 1,000 miles long to present day Oklahoma. This journey is known as the Trail of Tears, since so many…

Exceptionalism driven by Manifest Destiny and the American Industrial Revolution sought new lands and new frontiers to conquer. Those lands were west, into the Plains and Oklahoma territories. Decades prior, the U.S. Government had set up a Bureau of Indian Affairs inside the Department of the Interior. A Federal Executive branch of the U.S. government in charge of the administration and preservation of most elected land and normal assets and the organization of projects identifying with the…

Should adoptees, race or homosexuality be a consideration in adoption? Today, over 150,000,000 children (18 and under) are without parents. This number includes children of White, Black, Indian, Asian, Mexican, and other races who are in foster care looking for a family. An adoption is to take place if the adopting family is willing to love and accept everything about the child, whom already feels neglected. Love will always come first when taking care of a child. There should never be a law…

I chose the Indian Pueblo Cultural Centre because it is a great place for non Native Americans to go and learn about the history and view some of the culture belonging to Natives with having to go and get permission to visit a reservation and sit in on their culture. This culture is different from my own because, looking at my cultural background, I come from a plethora of European countries. I am very unfamiliar with the Native American culture and, because it is a big part of our State’s…

provided the first rules to achieving national citizenship. This law limited naturalization to immigrants who were free white persons of good character. These laws did not include the darker skinned original inhabitants of the land. In the following years these laws were enhanced to further restrict citizenship thus disenfranchising the native inhabitants of the land that would become the United States of America. The Native American path to citizenship was a long arduous process that was…

better life, a life where they could pursue a better future for their families. There were so many immigrants coming into the country that the United States government needed to take action. The U.S. government created legislation regarding how the citizenship process would take place; the new regulation aimed to restrict…

Up until 1924, Native Americans were not granted citizenship in the US. Prior to the Civil War, citizenship was only given to those people with half or less Native American blood. After this in the period known as Reconstruction, “friendly” tribes were given citizenship. Also, the Native Americans who married US citizens were granted citizenship, as well as Native verterns of World War I. The group had been fighting for so long and was finally granted it through Indian Citizenship Act. It was…