The Disenfranchisement of the American Indian

Authors

Brenna Clani, University of New Mexico

Publication Date

6-1-2005

Comments

40 p. ; This student paper has been awarded 2004-2005 UNM Law School Thesis Honors.

Abstract

The history of the enfranchisement of the American Indian is complicated and complex. This paper will sort through this complicated and complex history. The paper will first analyze the unique status of Indians and how it excluded them from the meaning of "citizen," as interpreted by the United State Supreme Court. It is against this backdrop that the way in which states denied American Indians the right to vote after the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 will then be analyzed.

Publisher

University of New Mexico School of Law

Document Type

Student Paper

Recommended Citation

Clani, Brenna. "The Disenfranchisement of the American Indian." (2005). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_studentscholarship/3