Was Will Rogers an American Citizen?

 Will Rogers, the world famous humorist born in Claremore, Oklahoma. When asked to respond to the question, "But you are an American citizen?" 

Will had a quick reply. "Well", he drawled, "I think I am. My folks were Indian. Both my mother and father had Cherokee blood in them. (I was) born and raised in Indian Territory. 'Course we're not the Americans whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower, but we met them at the boat when they landed."

Will Rogers was born before the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, when U.S. citizenship was granted entirely to America's indigenous peoples.