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Primary Source · 1924

Indian Citizenship

(An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue certificates of citizenship to Indians.)

Be it enacted . . ., That all non-citizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States be, and they are hereby, declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided, That the granting of such citizenship shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of any Indian to tribal or other property.

Approved, June 2, I924.

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