Negociation between
maoris and native Americans
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Seeking to improve relations between his government and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, a powerful group of six Iroquois-speaking tribes (the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Tuscarora Nations), President George Washington sent his postmaster general, Timothy Pickering, to negotiate a treaty at Canandaigua
In addition, the treaties negotiated by Governor Stevens with Puget Sound and Columbia River tribes were written in English, which of course the Indians did not speak or read
Certainly there is a long history of Māori protest in New Zealand, involving people from multiple tribes (iwi) (like Native Americans, Māori are made up of many different groups) and various issues, including land rights and resource protection; rights with respect to culture and language; and more broadly claims