The U.S. Capitol Historical Society hosted discussions on Native American citizenship and voting rights. This session focused on the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act, which made Native Americans U.S. c ...

In reaction to Indigenous suffrage, Zitkála-Šá and her husband formed the National Council of American Indians in 1926. While access to voting had been secured, she believed that unless Native ...

It was not until June 2, 1924 that the U.S. granted Native Americans citizenship, making the nation’s First People become the last people to gain citizenship and suffrage. In California and in ...

The fight over African American suffrage continued for decades ... Having self-governed for centuries, Native Americans were not legally recognized with voting rights until Congress approved ...

But Zitkala-Ša had grander ideas of how to harness the swell of energy from the women’s suffrage movement. She wanted to ensure that all Native Americans regardless of gender had the right to vote.

Utah was the last state to have laws on its books barring Native Americans from ... to give full citizenship to Native Americans — that granted suffrage to people living on reservations.

It was not until June 2, 1924 that the U.S. granted Native Americans citizenship, making the nation’s First People become the last people to gain citizenship and suffrage. In California and in most ...