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In United States federal legislation, the Indian Education and Self-Assistance Act (Snyder Act) was passed in 1917 and sponsored by Rep. Homer P. Snyder (R) of New York.. It empowered the Bureau of Indian Affairs, under the Secretary of the Interior, to appropriate money for the general improvement of the quality of life among Native Americans on reservations including adult literacy programs ...
In 1924, Native Americans were recognized as United States citizens through the Snyder Act. [21] [15] However, many states started extending policies designed to disenfranchise Black voters on Native American voters. [15] Arizona and New Mexico did not allow Native Americans to vote until 1948. [22]
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, (43 Stat. 253, enacted June 2, 1924) was an Act of the United States Congress that declared Indigenous persons born within the United States are US citizens. Although the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that any person born in the United States is a citizen, there is an exception for ...
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This is a chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 57th through 106th United States Congresses, between 1901 and 2001. For the main article on this subject, see List of United States federal legislation.
Homer Peter Snyder (December 6, 1863 – December 30, 1937) (aka H.P. Snyder) was an American politician and businessman from New York. Snyder began his business career in the knitting industry, and moved to bicycle manufacturing. He left the company to began a political career, entering congress in 1915 and holding office until 1925.
Under the new law, dubbed the Social Security Fairness Act, lawmakers agreed to repeal two tax rules that reduced benefits for many… Social Security Fairness Act’s boosted payments may be a ...