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Join us as we commemorate the centennial of the Indian Citizenship Act, also known as the Snyder Act, signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 2, 1924. This pivotal legislation marked a significant milestone in Native American history, granting citizenship to all noncitizen American Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States.
- Bryan Newland (Bay Mills Indian Community), Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
- Mark Charles (Navajo). Author, "Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery":
- Jacqueline DeLeon (Pueblo of Isleta), Attorney, Native American Rights Fund
- Chuck Hoskin, Jr., Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation
- Shannon Holsey, President, Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe of Mohican
- Aaron Payment (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa), vice president, Kauffman and Associates
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