When I think about history, two groups I often think about has having similar stories are Jews and Native Americans. Both groups of people built civilizations before being conquered from the outside by more advanced civilizations, who after many wars, settled their homeland until they were but a slim minority. They would live like people in diaspora, sometimes assimilating to the culture around them, and sometimes living in semi-“autonomous” areas reserved for them. They faced persecution and massacre, although both found an interesting economic niche due to their situation that would go on to become an often negative stereotype (Jews as merchants and bankers; Native Americans as casino owners). With the rise of Western nationalism, the Zionist movement was born, which eventually led to the establishment of a Jewish state and the end of an era of diaspora. Native Americans, however, are still a stateless people. What if, however, Native Americans came together and had their own Zionist movement to establish a Native American state somewhere, whether it be small, lightly populated states for tribes individual tribes or tribal groups or one big Pan-Amerindian state. Would it act as an autonomous region, an American state, or even an independent country? Would it even be able to form in the modern era, or would it have to be in a post-Union scenario?