In the late 18th century, reformers starting with George Washington and Henry Knox, supported educating native children and adults, in efforts to civilize them. The Civilization Fund Act of 1819 promoted this civilization policy by providing funding to societies (mostly religious) who worked on Native American improvement.
In 1857, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney expressed that since Native Americans were "free and independent people" that they could become U.S. citizens. On June 2, 1924 U.S. Republican President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act making all Native Americans, who were not already citizens, born in the United States and its territories citizens of the United States.
Prior to the passage of the act, nearly two-thirds of Native Americans were already U.S. citizens. The earliest recorded date of Native Americans' becoming U.S. citizens was in 1831 when the Mississippi Choctaw became citizens after the United States Legislature ratified the 19831 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek.
stupid
no
yes they are.
If your talking about Native Americans, then yes they were.
The Native Americans were angered by what the US government was doing and they began to fight back and rebel against them.
stupid
yes and no
Native Americans.
You do not receive any additional pay or benefits for being a Native American.
If I have to choose one of those options, I would choose that the Native Americans were colonized by the United States. However, I would argue that while the US illegally confiscated the territory that Native Americans occupied, the Native Americans were rarely, if ever, colonized. The US did not want them as citizens and actively fought several wars and committed atrocities to force them off of land that the US government decided would be in its interest to control directly. Native Americans only became "integrated" into the US via the Reservation System, whereby Native Americans received US citizenship and lived on Reservations, but this is fundamentally different than colonization in Latin America, Africa, or Asia where the native populations were actively involved in the European-dominated society.
The earliest recorded date of Native Americans' becoming U.S. citizens was in 1831 when the Mississippi Choctaw became citizens after the United States Legislature ratified the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Under article XIV of that treaty, any Choctaw who elected not to move with the Choctaw Nation could become an American citizen. There has been considerable debate about Native American U.S. citizenship. In 1857, Cheif Justice Roger B. Taney expressed that since Native Americans were "free and independent people" that they could become U.S. citizens. Prior to the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, nearly two-thirds of Native Americans were already U.S. citizens. The act of 1924 granted U.S. citizenship to those Native Americans who were not already U.S. citizens.
The US forced Native Americans to live on reservations.
kinda... If non-Americans have US citizenship, then they can, but without, NO
They became private landowners and abondoned nomadic tribal ways
Scacamala of Uraguay
Native Americans were not considered U.S. citizens until the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. Prior to this, many Native Americans were excluded from citizenship despite being born in the United States, as they were often seen as members of sovereign tribal nations. The act aimed to recognize their rights as citizens, although many states found ways to keep Native Americans from voting for years afterward.
14th amendment