John Elk
John Elk, a Native American, was the complainant in the famous case of Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884). Elk was born on an Indian reservation and subsequently moved to non-reservation US territory, Omaha, Nebraska, where he renounced his former tribal allegiance and claimed citizenship by virtue of the Citizenship Clause. The case came about when Elk attempted to register to vote on April 5, 1880, and was denied by Charles Wilkins, the named defendant, who was registrar of voters of the Fifth Ward of the City of Omaha. The court ruled against Elk, and the exclusion of native Americans from citizenship was only eventually eliminated by the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.
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Where's the Birth Certificate?: The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President
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