Next month marks the 60th anniversary of a court ruling that finally affirmed the voting rights of American Indians in Arizona.
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 extended U.S. citizenship to American Indians. But Arizona refused to allow tribal members to vote in state or federal elections for another 44 more years.
On July 15, 1948, the Arizona Supreme Court finally put the issue to rest in a case filed by two Yavapai men. The ruling said the state could not deny Indian people such a basic right as voting.
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Arizona Indians' path to voting
(The Arizona Republic 6/23)
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