the Piper case decision had been handed down, "And as each year as both eighth grade and high school students graduate, we are reminded that the development of our youthful citizens is not confined to the white race and we are thankful to those Indians who years ago insisted that their children be given an equal chance." In 2009, the Big Pine Paiute Tribe and Big Pine Unified School District agreed to commemorate Piper's victory with a statue placed in front of the school in her honor. The statue was dedicated on June 2, 2014, on the 90th anniversary of Alice Piper's victory in front of the school steps on the same ground in which the board of trustees had denied Alice Piper the right to attend in 1923. This date also marks the day in 1924 that president Grover Cleveland signed the Indian Citizenship Act, which declared all Indians, regardless of membership in a tribe, citizens of the United States. As of 2014, 56% of the students who attend Big Pine high school are Native American. References 1908 births 1985 deaths People from California Paiute people Education activists Native American activists 20th-century Native Americans Activists from California 20th-century Native American women Native American people from California