• grue@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Which I think mostly means either the tribes just refused to ever sign a treaty with the federal government

    In Georgia, it was the opposite: the Muscogee — or at least, an asshole tribal leader purporting to represent them — did sign a treaty. He got almost immediately executed for selling out his people and the legitimate leaders sent a delegation to DC to repudiate it, but it was too late and the tribe eventually lost all its land anyway.