Indian Territory Citizenship Act
An Act to amend section six, chapter one hundred and nineteen, Untied States Statutes at Large numbered twenty-four.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section six of chapter one hundred and nineteen of the United State Statutes at Large numbered twenty-four, page three hundred and ninety, is hereby amended as follows, to wit: After the words, "civilized life," in line thirteen of said section six, insert the words "and every Indian in Indian Territory."
Approved, March 3, 1901.
- Title
- Indian Territory Citizenship Act
- Description
- This act amended section six of the Dawes Act to give United States citizenship to all Native Americans residing in Indian Territory.
- Date
- 1901-03-03
- Author
- United States. Congress
- Temporal Coverage
- Gilded Age
- Progressive Era
- Territorial Expansion
- Jim Crow Era
- Long Civil Rights Movement
- Allotment and Assimilation Era
- Exclusion Era
- Document Type
- Act of Congress
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Bluebook Citation
- Indian Territory Citizenship Act of 1901, 31 Stat. 1447 (1901)
- Digital Repository
- Library of Congress
- Title
- Indian Territory Citizenship Act
- Description
- This act amended section six of the Dawes Act to give United States citizenship to all Native Americans residing in Indian Territory.
- Date
- 1901-03-03
- Author
- United States. Congress
- Temporal Coverage
- Gilded Age
- Progressive Era
- Territorial Expansion
- Jim Crow Era
- Long Civil Rights Movement
- Allotment and Assimilation Era
- Exclusion Era
- Document Type
- Act of Congress
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Bluebook Citation
- Indian Territory Citizenship Act of 1901, 31 Stat. 1447 (1901)
- Digital Repository
- Library of Congress