How Do Native Americans Work Together

Imagine how difficult it would for the U.S. to get along with their foreign enemies. It would be extremely hard to share interests and work together. Fights could take place and it would be hard to build upon a relationship. Well this is the case for the Native Americans and Euro-Americans. The Native Americans were basically kicked out over and over again and moved all over the country. There were times where nothing but hate for each other existed. From time to time, the Native Americans actually worked together with the Euro Americans, but this was usually not lasting. Native Americans had reasons behind working with a group, but they seemed to never stick around. The English and French knew that the Native Americans were crucial at times during war, so they would support each other. Going into further detail, the Native Americans chose to cooperate with different groups so they could gain from trade, get the protection they needed, and extract promises from them. The Native Americans also were driven apart from the groups because the English and French were still trying to assimilate them, didn’t think they were civilized, values were different, and war broke out most …show more content…
This created new territories for everyone and was the start of more imperial wars. Native Americans took advantage of this and became allies on all sides, so they were very beneficial to war. The Native Americans could help give their side an advantage in war, but they wanted to negotiate on what they would get in return. They were asking for gift and promises, so whoever gave them the best would win the Native Americans over. The Native Americans wanted to stay neutral in the end because they did not want to be on the losing side of a European nation and then lose everything. This was one of the main reasons on how the Native Americans cooperated with the European