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This is a reference video of treaties, agreements, and the like between the US government and various Indian tribes. It covers the span from 1796 to 1873. The first frame is actually made from a map of the US in 1783, but the treaties start in 1896 which explains some of the missing parts back east in the end, but also Louisiana and Texas were mostly ceded to other governments and the US government never renegotiated a treaty for those places after buying/annexing them. Purplish Yellow (yellowish purple) means there was a clear dispute in the records, or that more than one treaty was made with different tribes for the same land.

I say it is a reference video because I plan to reshoot it as a stop motion using plastic cowboys and Indians. I'm not sure how that will work/look.

The compression is terrible, thanks youtube!