How do you explain that interpreters misrepresented terms, that the person who signed the treaty did not have the authority to do so, or that the verbal promises that were made were not what was written (“Treaties of the Past”, n.d)? It was also difficult to explain that the politicians had altered the treaty after it was signed, and many realized to late that coercion had played a role in their signing a treaty (“Treaties of the Past”,
How do you explain that interpreters misrepresented terms, that the person who signed the treaty did not have the authority to do so, or that the verbal promises that were made were not what was written (“Treaties of the Past”, n.d)? It was also difficult to explain that the politicians had altered the treaty after it was signed, and many realized to late that coercion had played a role in their signing a treaty (“Treaties of the Past”,