In the mid-1800s, how did American Indians often react to the US government signing treaties with tribal chiefs to establish reservations?

Tribal chiefs who signed treaties did not always have the support or authority of every person in their communities. Many American Indians rejected the agreements and resisted being forced from their homelands onto reservations. The Dawes Act came later, so it does not explain reactions to treaties in the mid-1800s.

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