Calvin Coolidge

President Calvin Coolidge with Native American delegates, possibly of the Yakama Nation, at the White House, 1925. Library of Congress. Public Domain.

The Indian Citizenship Act

The decision in 1924 to make Native Americans citizens of the United States was not straightforwardly progressive.

Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, then governor of Massachusetts, 1920. Library of Congress. Public Domain.

‘Silent Cal’: Reassessing Calvin Coolidge

Once seen as doing too little to avert the depression and characterised as ‘Silent Cal’, the reputation of US President Calvin Coolidge is changing.