Double Creek, if you want an eye opener, do a little research on Andrew Jackson, the Act of Removal, the Cherokee Constitution, United States Supreme Court (ref: Worcester v Georgia, 1832) and how a sizeable chunk of the State of Georgia legally belonged to the Cherokee Nation. You'll begin to understand why having Andrew Jackson's picture on the $20 bill is a continuing insult to the Cherokee people. You might understand why Indians couldn't trust anything the whites said, because whites proved they wouldn't even abide by their own laws in dealing with Indians, and there was no justice for them in the American judicial system.
Excellent point! "Trail of Tears" is also a very good read for anyone interested in true history.
How about Little Big Horn? The Federal gov't asked to purchase the black hills from the sioux. When they were told that "no earth that man walks upon should be sold" the gov't ordered the sioux and any other remaing nations to the reservation imediately and that they (our gov't) were taking the land , hence Custers last stand.