Description
"The Problem of Indian Administration" report was created by a group of 10 staff members who spent seven months gathering information about the social and economic status of American Indians throughout the country. This 872-page report, also known as the Meriam Report, revealed how government policy oppressed American Indians. Its publication spurred Congress to create the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. This particular excerpt from the report focuses on whether or not American Indians who are citizens actually have the ability to vote in the United States.
Transcript of pp. 756 in The Problem of Indian Administration
Source-Dependent Questions
- According to this report, what is the connection to citizenship and the right to vote? The report compared the plight of the American Indian's being unable to vote to women before the passage the 19th Amendment. What was similar between the two groups of people? What was different?
- In the states where American Indians were voting at the time of this report, what impact did their vote have?
- What is one way that American Indians were prevented from voting?
Citation Information
"The Problem of Indian Administration," The Johns Hopkins Press, pp. 756, 21 February 1928. Courtesy of the Brookings Institute