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U.S. government enters into over 500 treaties with Native communities over the next century.

1778-1871

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Treaties are nation-to-nation agreements. The United States begins to enter into many treaties in an attempt to legitimize their new nation. All of them will be violated or outright broken by the U.S. government in some way. These treaties still have legal effect today, and still exist within a nation-to-nation status.