I think that it will eventually just become what amounts to a second Oklahoma especially politically. The state might have better overall protections for native Americans and grant the reservations more autonomy considering that the native Americans would be more of a force in state politics and they would have had a hand in creating the state constitution.Yes, I imagine the demographics of Sequoyah are going to be interesting politically. At least to my understanding, there was initially some cooperation among whites and Native Americans while drawing up the proposed state constitution, but I suspect within a decade or two it'll be politically dominated by the former.
Interestingly, the two might potentially diverge for a while assuming OTL politics are more or less the same. The area encompassed by Lincoln has voted strongly Republican for most of its existence, similar to other prairie states such as Kansas and Colorado. So that would likely only be cemented further. The southeastern areas, Sequoyah here, have been more swingy however and actually appear to be a decent bellwether, at least in terms of presidential elections. That would probably last until the Bush years where similar states such as Arkansas and Missouri moved firmly into the Republican Party.I think that it will eventually just become what amounts to a second Oklahoma especially politically. The state might have better overall protections for native Americans and grant the reservations more autonomy considering that the native Americans would be more of a force in state politics and they would have had a hand in creating the state constitution.
If you can stop the homestead act passed during the civil war you could prevent Sequoyah from becoming a White dominated territory.
While I acknowledge that it may not be as important as some suggest, it is undeniable that it DID impact the settlement (ie, bringing in of white settlers) to the Indian Territory. So my original point stands.Jimmy Carter who narrowly lost OK in 1976 in OTl would carry Sequoyah
The importance of the Homestead Act has been much overrated. https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/improving-the-homestead-acts.432390/#post-16190448
Specifically, in what was to become Oklahoma, it wasn't really until the Free Homes Act of 1900 that settlers on Indian land were relieved of payments for their land: https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=FR013
There was actually a decent case for that, based on treaty lines and how the rivers actually ran....and Texas is getting a bonus county around Jay City?
I’m thinking that in a way Sequoyah is native but also more southern. Lincoln will be more western and might see themselves more like Nebraska, Kansas and Eastern Colorado. It also might be more Republican in the first part of the 20th century, as in otl Oklahoma was part of the solid south, but voted more like the upper south and at times had Republican governors and much like it’s Great Plains counterparts, hadn’t voted democrat at the presidential level since 1964.Another thing I’m imagining is that Sequoyah would take lot of its state culture and symbols from native American culture even if most of the state wasn’t Native American. It would kind of be like Louisiana where the state has a lot of French culture even though the vast majority of the state is not French.
In 1908, Oklahoma elected Republicans to 3 of its 5 US House seats. Also, from 1920 through 1930, Oklahoma had at least 1 Republican US Senator. So from the beginning, Oklahoma was never part of the Solid South.It also might be more Republican in the first part of the 20th century, as in otl Oklahoma was part of the solid south...
If Sequoyah follows the current population density I do not think it's considered rural, is it?Rural states get even stronger in the Senate?
I’d argue it was more part of it than not. Of course it wasn’t fully but at times it certainly allied itself more with the south. Especially compared with its northern neighbors. However, yes it wasn’t the Deep South. It wasn’t like Mississippi or Alabama. However I find it similar to upper south states like Tennessee and Kentucky, who always had Republican house members and voted Republican in landslides like 1928 and in the 50s but it was closer than not. Granted it flipped earlier as since 64 it’s been a solid Republican state, albeit you got conservatives Dems like David Boren winning for a while and maybe a democrat gets elected governor after a bad Republican.In 1908, Oklahoma elected Republicans to 3 of its 5 US House seats. Also, from 1920 through 1930, Oklahoma had at least 1 Republican US Senator. So from the beginning, Oklahoma was never part of the Solid South.