US citizenship was forced on Native Americans 100 years ago − its promise remains elusive

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• YourPrivatHater@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Uhhh… What? Should they not be allowed to vote or what is the fucking point, the country was founded and the people in a country are citizens, that’s how states work.

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  • NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Did you not read the article?

    American citizenship was not an aspiration for the first peoples of the United States, whose primary political allegiance was to their own nations.

    Meanwhile, as I’ve covered in my research and teaching on federal Indian law, the Indian Citizenship Act was not a gift or benefit to Native Americans. It was part of a coercive larger effort to assimilate Native Americans into U.S. society.

    From nation to assimilation For centuries after Europeans colonized North America in the 16th century, Native Americans sought to remain separate and distinct from the settlers.

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    • YourPrivatHater@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes and it doesn’t make sense to me.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why would they need to vote for a government that shouldn’t have jurisdiction over them in the first place?

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    • YourPrivatHater@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thats a very idiotic take.

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