Elk v. Wilkins
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Supreme Court, U.S.
- Curriculum: American History 1878-1900, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Nebraska
- Date: 1884
Article abstract: A U.S. Supreme Court decision found that Native Americans are not citizens of the United States and therefore not entitled to vote in U.S. elections.
In 1884, John Elk, an American Indian, was refused permission to register to vote in a local election in Omaha, Nebraska. When he later appeared at the polls, he was again refused the right to vote. Elk lived apart from his tribe and met all residence and other requirements of the city of Omaha and the state of Nebraska but was turned away on the basis that he was an Indian and, therefore, not a...
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