Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

speech to Congress on the radio in December of 1923 (History). The first major act that he signed while acting president was the Immigration Act that limited immigration. He wanted to limit misuse of Federal Aid money for agriculture and other industries. During this brief time, Coolidge became very popular among the American population. This paved the road for Coolidge to gain the nomination for president during the 1924 election…

only drink about average when compared other ethnic groups, “any alcohol use in adults (i.e., ages 18 or older) is most prevalent for Whites (59.8 percent), lowest for Asian Americans (38.0 percent), and similar for Native Americans (i.e., American Indians and Alaska Natives; 47.8 percent), Hispanics (46.3 percent), and Blacks (43.8 percent)” (Ethnicity and Health Disparities in Alcohol Research, Karen Chartier and Raul Caetano) Also people also feel Native Americans are almost diminished and…

The Patriot act changed the Immigration and Nationality Act to say who was eligible to enter the United States and who would be deported back to their home country. After the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, things changed for Immigration. Then President George Bush wanted…

to say, the Indians had never really undertaken those acts of possession that gave rise to a property right,” (Carol p17). This affirmed the District Court. According to Chief Justice John Marshall, the Court established that the federal government had the sole right of negotiation with the Native American nations. Through the Revolutionary War and the treaties that followed, the United States believed it had earned exclusive rights to Indian land and took on the belief that the Indians…

The Nelson Act, passed by Congress in January 1905, stated that Native and White children in Alaska would be educated in separate school systems. Children of mixed heritage could attend White school as long as they and their parents lived a “civilized life”, meaning…

The impending crisis with Indian affairs in the territories of the American West began to develop after the 1840s, when national expansion undermined the official policies that called for the Indigenous Natives to reside separate from civilized society.1 Those in sympathy with the plight of the Natives, such as Episcopalian Bishop, Henry Whipple, sought to reform the outdated policies and corrupted government agencies that handled the Native population.2 Reformers agreed that the treatment of…

state were synonymous.” (Pinder,17). This means that the whites had total control over the people of color and had all the support from the state than anybody else. As a result, they white man had the power to exercise total control and could violently act on people of other races, especially the blacks while using such absolute power granted to them by the state laws. The people of the color had no rights preserved to them as all rights were reserved for the whites. Pinders says, “Black became…

was taken from them and numerous were killed. Those that survived were only granted full citizenship at 1924. Furthermore, their religious rights remained unprotected until 1978 (Lynskey, 2014). In modern day, they continue to face countless discrimination through appropriation that causes them to feel inferior. Appropriation has robbed the distinct cultures of the 567 federally recognised tribes (Bureau of Indian Affairs, n.d.) by generalising that Native Americans share the same cultural…

historians do not believe in this being an act towards genocide, as the settlers did not intend to bring such deadly diseases to kill the Natives, but others disagree, as they had sent blankets infected with smallpox into various tribes with intent to kill. “... some writers have provided examples of Europeans intentionally inflicting Indians with disease (usually through blankets infected with smallpox) and argued for their typicality.” (Ostler 3) the acts of intentionally infecting Native…

immigration in the United States in his lecture “Immigration and Citizenship: The American Historical Experience.” Through…