The Louisiana Purchase signified the United States’ acquisition of imperial rights to land that was still largely occupied by Native American peoples, and it began a treaty process with those peoples that lasted over 150 years. Historically, the U.S. government’s compensation for cessions of indigenous rights to the land west of the Mississippi River was inequitable.
Louisiana Purchase Article
How did the Louisiana Purchase affect Native American peoples?
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