When the Revolution was in place, the Native Americans were strategically playing their game and had Europe and America fighting against one another. Treaties were changed among the American diplomats and Native Americans when the Revolution came to an end. A deal was established, Indian tribes that were part of the Iroquois confederacy sold a large chunk of land to New York. Selling land to New York was not the most intelligent move for the Indians. Selling the land resulted in tribes scattering elsewhere and only a handful of reservations remained. The Western Nation of Tribes from their own Confederacy to put an end to any future land selling. However the Western Nation of Tribes wasn't highly educated and lacked strategy so they were not successful. Native people, just like women and blacks were under represented in the constitution. The Indians had to pay taxed in order to be counted for representation. Often times Indians did not pay these taxes so the Native American populations didn't receive government representation, which would contribute to the long road ahead of Native Americans not be granted the same rights as white
When the Revolution was in place, the Native Americans were strategically playing their game and had Europe and America fighting against one another. Treaties were changed among the American diplomats and Native Americans when the Revolution came to an end. A deal was established, Indian tribes that were part of the Iroquois confederacy sold a large chunk of land to New York. Selling land to New York was not the most intelligent move for the Indians. Selling the land resulted in tribes scattering elsewhere and only a handful of reservations remained. The Western Nation of Tribes from their own Confederacy to put an end to any future land selling. However the Western Nation of Tribes wasn't highly educated and lacked strategy so they were not successful. Native people, just like women and blacks were under represented in the constitution. The Indians had to pay taxed in order to be counted for representation. Often times Indians did not pay these taxes so the Native American populations didn't receive government representation, which would contribute to the long road ahead of Native Americans not be granted the same rights as white