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100 Years Of Citizenship: Commemorating The Snyder Act

100 Years Of Citizenship: Commemorating The Snyder Act

FromThe Sentinel


100 Years Of Citizenship: Commemorating The Snyder Act

FromThe Sentinel

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Length:
7 minutes
Released:
Jun 1, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode of The Sentinel, we commemorate the centennial of the Indian Citizenship Act, passed into law on June 2, 1924. Also known as The Snyder Act, this pivotal piece of legislation granted citizenship to all American Indian people born within the limits of the United States.  Join us as we look back at the origins of this law, and its connections to NCAI despite predating the organization’s inception by two decades. We examine the intent and limitations of the legislation and the advocacy that NCAI has undertaken to ensure that all benefits of citizenship are conferred equally upon American Indian and Alaska Native peoples. As we approach the 2024 Presidential Election, the enfranchisement of Indian Country is a particularly pertinent issue.  
Released:
Jun 1, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (15)

The NCAI Sentinel Podcast signals a rebirth of NCAI’s oldest and most continuously published membership newsletter, The NCAI Sentinel. Published for the first time in the 1940s, The Sentinel focused on NCAI membership matters, events, people and policy issues. This newly conceived version will, instead, take a look backwards with a nod to the present. Each episode will feature stories about past events, programs, and people, as well as exclusive segments on NCAI leaders throughout the years and new developments and discoveries in the archival collections. Drawing on NCAI’s rich digital and physical archival collections, it is our hope that you will return each month to learn more about the organization’s 80 years of advocacy for Indian Country and, as a result, will also remain informed about what is happening at NCAI today.