USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On June 2, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed into law the Indian Citizenship Act, which marked the end of a long debate and struggle, at a federal level, over full birthright citizenship for American Indians.

Detailed explanation-2: -Approved on June 2, 1924, this act of Congress granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States. At the time many were still denied voting rights by individual state or local laws.

Detailed explanation-3: -By inviting several Native American delegations to the White House and ensuring he was photographed with them, Coolidge successfully signaled his support of Native American citizenship and acknowledged the changing landscape of the nation’s pluralism.

Detailed explanation-4: -The whole purpose was to dismantle the American Indian Tribes and annihilate their traditions so that they would become assimilated into white American society. U.S. government uses the Dawes Act to claim and redistribute tribal lands in small parcels.

Detailed explanation-5: -President Lyndon Johnson calls for “termination” to be replaced by Indian “self-determination.” Congress passes the Indian Civil Rights Act “to ensure that the American Indian is afforded the broad constitutional rights secured to other Americans …