When will we see the first Native American president of the USA?|161515

Everyone is talking about the first _black_ president or maybe the first _female_ president and how it is about time etc etc etc, but what about the Native Americans? Who do they vote for? Who is their political leader and voice and will we ever see a Native American president?

There has been Native American senators. As mentioned above Nightingale may be one of the most famous.

Even a Vice President said he had some Native blood but I never looked into that. If he did he wasn_t active in the culture.
Although Winona Laduke ran as Vice President with Ralph Nader a few years back. They got a lot of votes considering they weren_t one of the two major parties.

I wish it were different but to be honest I don_t see the American population as being ready for a Native President.
The reason I say this is because so many people believe that Natives are out to get the _Whites_ and if we ever had too much power in this country we would take all our land back etc.. etc... There is just so much fear, stereotypes, and more when it comes to the history of this Nation that people are not willing to face yet.

Having said that most people do have some Native blood in them so I am talking of a Native person who is active in their culture. And I think there is MANY people in Native country who could be a good US President. I also think there are many who would _wash out_ and may be able to get elected but it wouldn_t make once difference after they were....

Well this is a complicated question. Those are my initial thoughts. I_m a Native woman by the way.

well.... no actually when the governement allowed natives to run their own goverment it kinda just set us aside away from mainstream society..... so we are pushed aside while the illegal immigrants (whites not mexicans) build cities, and settle. Natives arent gonna be able to anytime soon,

There have been Native American senators and congressmen. Most notable one was Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado.

Never, back during the western expansion we exterminated most At them, now they_re in little Indian reserves with casino in it. we may have a Mexican decedent at one point in the near future.

Well
As mentioned we have had several Native American congressmen. We still have various tribal reservations-each tribe elects their own leaders. These reservations are rather dispersed across several states.

All Native Americans can register to vote in both state and national elections. And several are very much involved in out national political process.

One of our states-Louisiana just elected an ethic Indian (the country of India) as their governor. Thus racial bias-while it still exists in some places has sharply diminished.

I know what you mean, but that question is more like an Oxymoron. All Americans born in America and have forefathers in America, or rather have an American heritage are _Native_ Americans.