What makes you think there weren't governments in the Americas guaranteeing the value of wampum prior to the invasion from Europe? Here's an article from what

What makes you think there weren't governments in the Americas guaranteeing the value of wampum prior to the invasion from Europe? Here's an article from what remains of one such pre-colonial state detailing how wampum formed the basis of their international treaty laws: http://www.onondaganation.org/culture/wampum/ http://www.onondaganation.org/culture/wampum/