Native Americans fought for the recognition of treaty rights.
Indigenous peoples such as Native Americans and Alaska Natives signed treaty rights when they were in contact with the European colonisers.
Treaty rights refers to certain rights reserved by indigenous peoples when they signed treaties with settler societies in the aftermath of European colonization. This applies to the rights of Alaska Natives and Native Americans in the United States and First Nations in Canada, in addition to a smaller number of Inuit and Metis in Canada.
