tagReviews & EssaysFrom "Savage" to Citizen  From "Savage" to
Citizen   From "Savage" to Citizen: How Native Americans were
Rewarded for Centuries of Struggle and Contribution  Because of
the unprecedented patriotism of Native Americans during World
War I, both overseas and at home, and because of a national
citizenship campaign, Congress granted full citizenship to all
non-citizen Native Americans within six years of the war's
conclusion. Arthur C. Parker, a member of the Seneca tribe and
the Indian Bureau's officer in charge of capturing Iroquois
draft dodgers, later pointed to Native American patriotism as
proof that all Native Americans were ready for full citizenship.
Citizenship was first granted to all honorably discharged Native
American veterans, in 1919, and then to Native Americans, as a
whole, in 1924. Acts passed in 1887 and 1906 that contained
citizenship clauses for Native Americans were meant to
assimilate to American culture all Native Americans who became
citizens. The Act of June 2, 1924, a