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That’s a mouthful to say. Basically between 1778 and 1871 the US government signed over 535 treaties with Indigenous nations and tribes – and broke every single one of them.
As preliminary work into a new project I’m doing I’m mapping these treaties. Data is from the Tribal Treaties Database from Oklahoma State University, they have all 535 treaties digitized.
This chart adds up to ~870 and this is because treaties sometimes included more than one nation, hence the complicated title.
Basically it reads like this: “X nation signed Y treaties with the US government.”
Edit: a much simpler title is number of treaties signed with US government, per native tribe
And the main lesson you should learn from the shameful history of how the US treated native Americans is: don’t ever believe anything the US promises you.
Hint hint Greenland.
I have honestly feared for a some time that when the collapse of the US is getting into the near late stages, the fascists will try to kill off every Native American left. Just to ensure that their slow genocide over the last few centuries is finally complete.
I have the same fear. That’s why we must support and center the natives as much as possible.
chippewa just kept chippin’ away
