Salt-Artichoke5347 t1_j1ksubb wrote on December 25, 2022 at 4:18 AM

Reply to comment by jmc1996 in Spending bill secures funds for Native American health care. Access to health care for Native Americans across the U.S. will be bolstered with funding included in a government spending bill approved by Congress. by Sariel007

These are not foreign nations or they would have their own passports and wouldn't be american citizens

jmc1996 t1_j1ky4qy wrote on December 25, 2022 at 5:15 AM

At the time that they were absorbed into the United States, passports were not in common use and their citizens were not American citizens. It was only in 1924 that Native Americans were given American citizenship.