so with any POD after Washington's election when is the Earliest that a Native American become President? my thought is Charles Curtis, but I'm putting this here just because it'd be to have a Indian President in the 1830s
Yelnoc said:A good first step would be to get rid of Jackson.
Aracnid said:If you mean pure blooded Native American that's much more difficult that someone with enough Indian ancestry to qualify as Indian today. There were plently of people knocking around who were white enough to be citizens but had an Indian Grandma.
If you mean pure blooded Native American that's much more difficult that someone with enough Indian ancestry to qualify as Indian today. There were plently of people knocking around who were white enough to be citizens but had an Indian Grandma. Not being a student of US history one of them might have been President in OTL for all I know.
However, if you could prevent the Trail of Tears and all of the later relocations, the chances of an Indian president skyrocket. A good first step would be to get rid of Jackson. Even then, the white male voting class is very unlikely to elect, heck, to even nominate someone from an entirely different race from themselves for a very long time. I just cannot see that happening in the 1830's.
I don't think getting rid Jackson will make things any better. Whites will be still moving into Cherokee lands causing the latter to rebel prompting some other president to force them out anyway.
Maybe if Custard wins the Battle of Little Big Horn then the public might see it as the government massacuring helpless victims.
at lest as Indian as Charles Curtis, one Indian Parent with time among the Indians as a child.
I would consider that if you took a straight forward definition of 'Native American' than basically anybody after Washington (and a lot before) would qualify. Within the scope of their time they would be Native Americans, since the various indian tribes are, in some instances, considered nations.
Has it even happened yet IOTL?