Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

created equal” equality, race, and citizenship plays a key role in our history. In order to keep globalization in control many places have limited or denied any education to be taught, because fears that people will go against colonial power. Deculturalization is the educational process of destroying people culture and replacing it with a new culture (page 5). Gender roles and family structures are some example of deculturalization of Native American. The Naturalization act of1790, spark may…

American History: Our Hope for the Future When you think about American History it’s a bundle of messes and lots of wars and fights. But what I’m going to talk to you about the right to vote and how it changed throughout the history and how it affected the U.S. When voting first was a thing only white, property owning, protestant men and that was in 1776. When this became a thing the Declaration of Independence just got signed. The women lose the right to vote in all states in 1807 for the next…

Government felt it was the right time to get them to start becoming like every American citizenship. But, not so fast my friend. Some states tried everything they can to either block the Native Americans to vote or intimidate them from voting. They did everything from poll taxes to literary test. A few counties in South Dakota blocked Native Americans the right to vote. In 1951, three South Dakota counties appealed the 1924 law. The States 1903 law explained that in order for the Native…

never thought that that meant living behind your own beliefs. Everyone know the stories of what Native, African, Asian, and Hispanic Americans had to go through to just gain citizenship and equality,…

The racial ideology among early European settlers to the Americas was clear from the moment Europeans stepped onto its shores. White Europeans came to conquer the Americas and retrieve its riches. Finding gold for Spain was Columbus’s main objective, even the Vikings came to North America just for the timber. Europeans did not have regard for the native people of the Americas and exploited them to their own advantage. Spanish explorers called conquistadors, or conquerors, tells the story of…

in military operations since the colonization of America during the 17th century (Nancy,2005). Their involvement expanded during the late 1800’s when they were drafted to serve in segregated units however, they were still not able to claim U.S citizenship. During World War I, Native Americans did not receive equal treatment compared with Caucasian soldiers. The Navajo and Apache “code talkers” were responsible for significant breakthroughs in the Pacific during World War II (Nancy,2005). The…

"No racial group has suffered more humiliation, destruction, abuse and discrimination from the "white man 's" ways than the American Indian." (pg.430) From the very beginning, North American Indians were a target of the English settlers because they possessed what they wanted the most, rich fertile lands. "Predictably, Native Americans viewed the white man 's encroachment into their lands as a threat to their culture, livelihood, and, ultimately, their survival." (pg.430) Since they were afraid…

job to enforce and ensure that the laws were being followed. Calvin Coolidge upheld the Immigration Act of 1924. This was an…

and Luibheid, excluding immigrants based on race, national origin and sexual orientation through immigration laws were the norms for maintaining the social and political dominance of the white American population. Even in the Nationality Act of 1790, citizenship was only obtainable to “free white persons of good moral character”, which became the basis for many immigration policies today, excluding people of color (Ngai 2004 pg. 37). White America has been deeply rooted in ethnocentrism, which…

this. They forced to live in bad economic environments (Shaw et. al. 2015: 49). In General Allotment Act (1887) allowed the US President to divide Native lands to individual tribesmen (Shaw et. al. 2015: 53). Native lands decreased from 138 million acres to 90 million acres during 1887-1934, these lands were less productive or appealing lands (Lecture 7). The began the “Civilizing” process of Indians. Western Education, religion, attire/dressing was forced on them. American cultures were taught…