Excerpt from Opinions of the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior Relating to Indian Affairs, 1917-1974, Vol. 2 By the act of June 2, 1924 (43 Stat. Con gress declared all noncitizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States to be citizens of the United States. Therefore, even if your parents were not among those made citizens by reason of the 1887 act, as amended, they acquired citizenship under the 1924 act. On October 14, 1940, by the act known as the Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. Congress revised and codified the nationality laws of the United States. That act provides in part: Sec. 201. The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.