>The US signed treaties with the indigeneous population and by doing so, acknowledged that those indigenous populations were soveriegn nations. It doesn't mat

>The US signed treaties with the indigeneous population and by doing so, acknowledged that those indigenous populations were soveriegn nations. It doesn't matter why they signed those treaties, the only thing that matters is that they did. You don't get to cancel a treaty just because the other party used to have leverage over you and doesn't anymore.