Treaties and agreements in the United States
At a glance:
- Series: Racial and Ethnic Relations in America
- Categories: Law, Legal History, Courts, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: 1787-2002
Article abstract: Native Americans generally look upon their treaties as permanent and inviolate compacts between two sovereign nations. European Americans, in contrast, have tended to consider the treaties to be temporary arrangements subject to alteration and renegotiation. This difference in perspective has been a source of much misunderstanding and bitterness.
Following the American Revolution (1775-1783), the U.S. government continued the European tradition of treating Indian tribes as independent foreign nations, which meant negotiating formal treaties for...
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