From the Serial Set: Citizenship and Suffrage for Native Americans
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
This post outlines the history of Native American citizenship and voting rights.
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Observing Native American Heritage Month and Veterans History Month at the NMAI
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Bailey visits the National Museum of the American Indian and the Native American Veterans Memorial in honor of both Native American Heritage Month and Veterans Day.
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Commemorating Irish-American Heritage Month
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
For St. Patrick's Day and National Irish-American Heritage Month, Bailey looks into the collections to learn a bit more about how Irish-American culture manifested in the United States, immigration law that affected it, and Congressional recognition of the Irish Free State in the 1920s.
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From the Serial Set: Ely S. Parker and the Tonawanda Seneca Nation
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
We’ve explored many types of documents in the Serial Set in our monthly series. Today, in honor of National Native American Heritage month, we will identify a Native American whose name appears throughout the Serial Set, and explore the legacy of his nation through the Law Library’s Indigenous Law Resources. Ely S. Parker was born …
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From the Serial Set: Residency, Race, and Suffrage
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Congress has dealt with issues of voter disenfranchisement on the basis of race throughout history. The question of suffrage for District of Columbia residents in 1844 demonstrated how the enfranchisement of D.C. residents and Black American men was interconnected. In that year, the Senate Committee for the District of Columbia, which held jurisdiction over D.C. from 1816 until …
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