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Originally Posted by FlamingZword
The Native American tribes had a complicated arrangement with the US government. Technically they are independent nations within the U.S. and they have their own laws in their tribal areas, they even have their own police force and even their own courts. However since they are still within the United Sates the laws of the US still apply to them when they step outside of their nations.
They are still considered United States Citizens within its Judicial jurisdiction.
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Indian Citizenship Act
Other short titles Indian Freedom Citizenship Suffrage Act of 1924
Long title An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue certificates of citizenship to Indians.
Acronyms (colloquial) ICA
Nicknames Snyder Act
Enacted by the 68th United States Congress
Effective June 2, 1924
Citations
Public law 68-175
Statutes at Large 43 Stat. 253
Codification
Titles amended 8 U.S.C.: Aliens and Nationality
U.S.C. sections amended 8 U.S.C. ch. 12, subch. III § 1401b
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 6355 by Homer P. Snyder (R-NY) on February 22, 1924
Committee consideration by House Indian Affairs, Senate Indian Affairs
Passed the House on March 18, 1924 (Passed)
Passed the Senate on May 15, 1924 (Passed)
Agreed to by the House on May 23, 1924 (Agreed) and by the on
Signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 2, 1924
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, also known as the Snyder Act, was proposed by Representative Homer P. Snyder (R) of New York and
granted full U.S. citizenship to the indigenous peoples of the United States, called "Indians" in this Act.
While the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution defines as citizens any persons born in the U.S. and subject to its jurisdiction, the amendment had been interpreted to not apply to Native people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Citizenship_Act