INDIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT of 1924
And who else will help us through this mess of being an "outsider" to the country you have lived in for over 20.000 years???
June 2, 1924 - 102 years ago - gads - in our own country.
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 (also known as the Snyder Act) is a landmark piece of U.S. legislation signed by President Calvin Coolidge on June 2, 1924. It granted...
"The Racism That Caused Wounded Knee Massacre Remains"
Making a Noise in This World Re-post December 29, 2021
By Jim Kent
As Lakota riders end their 15-day journey from the Standing Rock Reservation to the site of the Wounded Knee massacre, the racism that created the tragic slaughter of 300 innocent men, women and children still remains in our country.
And while the idea of teaching the truth of our past may seem abhorrent and unpatriotic to...
Native American Supreme Court ruling stands
By: 1stwarrior • Politics/Immigration • 2 comments • last year
The Supreme Court, becoming known as a tribunal willing to overturn some of its major decisions, could only muster two votes on Monday to reconsider one of the most fiercely condemned rulings on the law governing America’s Indian tribes.
The Court has had the new case under consideration for almost 15 months, and its staff had listed it 21 times for the full Court to consider. It would have...
NATIVE AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP IN QUESTION
By: 1stwarrior • Politics/Immigration • 55 comments • last year
Native Nations have always known this day would come. The tribes stand on the edge of a knife. Our right to citizenship and, by extension, our tribal lands is now in question.
Trump's birthright citizenship executive order went into effect in the first days of his administration. This executive order opened the door for the deportation of illegal immigrants. Immediately, the question of...