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Who was president when the Trail of Tears happen?
President Andrew Jackson
President Andrew Jackson pursued a policy of removing the Cherokees and other Southeastern tribes from their homelands to the unsettled West.
What happened to the Cherokee tribe?
In 1838 and 1839 U.S. troops, prompted by the state of Georgia, expelled the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast and removed them to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma.
Can a Native American run for the presidency?
In fact, no one of Native American heritage has even made a serious campaign for the presidency. Charles Curtis, Herbert Hoover’s Vice President, was of Native American descent on his mother’s side. Hoover himself had lived on a reservation as a child, and is the only president to have done so.
Were any of the US presidents of Native American descent?
Charles Curtis, Herbert Hoover’s Vice President, was of Native American descent on his mother’s side. Hoover himself had lived on a reservation as a child, and is the only president to have done so. He wasn’t Native American himself, but he had family who worked for Indian Affairs. Yes!
Was the Vice President of the United States Native American?
However, Vice President Charles Curtis (1929-1933) was Native American. He was President Hoover’s vice president and a former Kansas Senator and Senate Majority Leader from 1925-29. He was a member of the Kaw tribe (the Kaw are matrilineal).
Is there a pure-blood Native American president in the United States?
No. There are no absolutely “pure-blood” Native Americans anywhere in the world. The way humanity works is we mate with each other and once there has been contact, the genes from the populations diffuse into each other. But there can perfectly well be a president who is enrolled and recognized as a member of a tribe.