FAQ ALASKA - Frequently Asked Questions About Alaska

Question :
When did Alaskan Native people become U.S. citizens?

ANSWER :

• The Alaska Territorial Legislature offered Alaskan citizenship to Native people with a 1915 enabling act, but U.S. citizenship was extended to Alaskan Native peoples in 1924 by the U.S. Congress.
  
  

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