Native American Treaties

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A treaty is considered a contract among nations, and there is several of them between the tribes of Native Americans and the US government. These treaties are a bond and an example of trust between American government and many individual American Indian nations. The importance of treaties is immeasurable, as they provide many rights, conditions and benefits for the tribes that agreed to work with the government, these documents also protect the Native American people from further exploitation. The relevance of treaties will always be high and mentioned frequently as they are the source of some the fundamental structure of politics and cultural development in different tribes. Some members of the government today would rather see away with the

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