"There is no reason why an Indian should not be President of the U.S."
This recent observation by Indian Affairs Commissioner John Collier drew editorial comment from two widely disparate sources last week. The New York Herald Tribune cheerfully declared that at least an Indian President would have dignity, a sly and refreshing humor. Wrote Charles Round Low Cloud, longtime (since 1919) conductor of "The Indian News" column in the Black River Falls (Wis.) Banner-Journal: "Yes. It would take a good thinking man because some man you will think always a good fellow everywhere."
A Winnebago who spent five years at Pennsylvania's famed...
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