indian citizenship act
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misconception
the Act was a reward for Native American service in WW1, when it was actually part of the government’s assimilation policy
why NA resistant to it
wished to maintain their traditional rights and resist assimilation saw US citizenship as undesirable and a threat to their sovereignty
2/3 NA already had the right to vote
due to inter-marriage and the allotment system created by the Dawes Act of 1887
it could encouraged integration
intended to promote assimilation by transforming Native Americans into individual US citizens participating in American political life
what did NA want
restoration of their sovereignty and nationhood rather than participation in the US political system
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