WEBVTT - 042024 Way Black History Fact - Indigenous People's Path to U.S. Citizenship

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<v Speaker 1>But for now it's time to move on to our

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<v Speaker 1>Way Black History Fact. And I'm going to get through

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<v Speaker 1>this pretty quickly because there's another thing I want to

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<v Speaker 1>share for Today's Way Black History Fact. But Today's Way

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<v Speaker 1>Black History Fact sponsored by Underground Beach Club From the

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<v Speaker 1>Underground Beachclub dot com and I'm gonna share a bit

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<v Speaker 1>from EJI or the Equal Justice Initiative. Shout out to

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Stevenson. He's one of our heroes. We love this guy,

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<v Speaker 1>and of course the Equal Justice Initiative is his whole thing,

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<v Speaker 1>so check that out on your own. Today we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to discuss the path to citizenship for Indigenous people. And

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<v Speaker 1>we've been champing at the bit because we really want

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<v Speaker 1>to have an episode where we're able to dedicate some

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<v Speaker 1>time and some space to our Indigenous brothers and sisters.

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<v Speaker 1>And we live in a part of the world where

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<v Speaker 1>there's we have access to them, so we're working those angles,

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<v Speaker 1>but for now we're going to share this. The concept

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<v Speaker 1>of United States citizenship was based on the assumption that

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<v Speaker 1>the the US had the right to claim the territory

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<v Speaker 1>that Indigenous people had inhabited for thousands of years, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was disregarded Indigenous understandings of belonging and membership. Sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>it disregarded Indigenous understandings of belonging in membership. Beginning in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen sorry seventeen ninety, the First Congress granted citizenship rights,

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<v Speaker 1>including the right to vote, whole public office, apply for

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<v Speaker 1>a government job, be tried by a jury, and pursued life,

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<v Speaker 1>liberty and the pursuit of happiness, only to free white people.

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<v Speaker 1>The Fourteenth Amendment, passed in eighteen sixty six, declared that

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<v Speaker 1>all persons born or naturalized in the US are citizens.

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<v Speaker 1>The provision granted citizenship to many newly freed Black Americans,

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<v Speaker 1>but it excluded Indians not taxed, which meant that ninety

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<v Speaker 1>percent of Native Americans were denied citizenship. Despite that, twelve

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<v Speaker 1>thousand Native Americans served as snipers, code talkers check out

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<v Speaker 1>look up the code talkers, You're definitely going to want

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<v Speaker 1>to know about them, and scouts for the US Army

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<v Speaker 1>during World War One. Shortly after the war and did

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<v Speaker 1>Congress pass legislation that granted citizenship to all non citizen

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<v Speaker 1>Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>When the Indian Citizenship Act was signed into law on

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<v Speaker 1>June second, nineteen twenty four, nearly half of all Native

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<v Speaker 1>Americans were not US citizens, but the new law did

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<v Speaker 1>not provide full voting rights to Indigenous people, who were

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<v Speaker 1>barred from voting in Arizona, New Mexico, and New Mexico

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<v Speaker 1>by state laws that remained in effect until nineteen forty eight.

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<v Speaker 1>States continued to use tactics like poll taxes to prevent

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<v Speaker 1>voting by both Native Americans and Black Americans until the

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<v Speaker 1>passage of the Voting Rights Act nineteen sixty five. So

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<v Speaker 1>watch this. I want you to jump in west this.

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<v Speaker 1>This is actually their country. We currently are broadcasting from

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<v Speaker 1>unseated ancestral lands of the Akima Odam peoples. Still took

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<v Speaker 1>until sixty five for them both.

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<v Speaker 2>I have never been comfortable with saying Native American, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>because that would not be what they are trying to

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<v Speaker 2>people as native of a place they already occupied that

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<v Speaker 2>you stole.

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't name it that, and then named it what

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<v Speaker 1>you wanted to home Indian.

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<v Speaker 2>And because some people say Native American as opposed to

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<v Speaker 2>Indian as a more respectful way to say it, both

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<v Speaker 2>are to them have.

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<v Speaker 1>To be just as disrespecial.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure, come into my home, rename my home, and tell

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<v Speaker 2>me where I can sit, sleep at the table.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's funny. It's a really really crazy true. But

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<v Speaker 1>we definitely want to have more conversations like this and

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<v Speaker 1>we're working on developing those relationships to the degree that

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<v Speaker 1>we can have. Like some people aren't really comfortable in

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<v Speaker 1>the radio broadcast space, but anyway, it's coming. And also

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<v Speaker 1>before we go, I want to make sure that we

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<v Speaker 1>take a moment to let everyone know that this is

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<v Speaker 1>the thirty five year anniversary of the Central Park five,

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<v Speaker 1>now known as the Exonerated Five. You can watch their

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<v Speaker 1>movie on Netflix when they see us one time for

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<v Speaker 1>repudiation