The New York Times reported several Indian nations rejecting the Dawes Act's allotment and citizenship - the Osage Nation in 1895, and members of the Ute Nation in 1906.
The Times also reported on the negative impact of allotment on the White Earth Reservation in 1906, blaming drunk Indians for land lost to speculators, rather than government policies. In 1924, the Times ambivalently reported on the expansion of suffrage to Indians.
Two years after the Indian Citizenship Act, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs highlighted progress made in "civilization" and predicted "guardianship" would soon end. Commissioner Burke credited education and civilization, part of the citizenship process, with this progress.