Was an Act of the United States Congress that granted US citizenship to the indigenous peoples of the United States. While the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution defines a citizen as any persons born in the United States and subject to its laws and jurisdiction, the amendment had previously been interpreted by the courts not to apply to Native peoples.
In legislation commonly known as the Snyder Act, Congress authorizes funds for “the relief of distress and conservation of health” among American Indians. ... It was sponsored in the U.S. Congress by Representative Homer P. Snyder of New York.
