[anon291]

I have no idea what the tribes knew or did not know. Do you? I am amazed at some people's abilities to read other's minds.

As to the tribal leaders signing the documents. I can understand how the monetary promises given to them by the Canadian government would make them overlook the potential for atrocities yes; such things are well attested to in the history of humanity. But again, I have no idea. You asked me to speculate, so I did.

I don't understand why there is so much outrage today when one expresses that they do not know an unknowable fact.

[seoaeu]

The outrage is over the atrocities, and the people insinuating that those atrocities were somehow ok because some papers were signed beforehand

Asking questions like “did they know why they were signing?” or “was there going to be a war if they refused to sign?” seem entirely reasonable to me

[anon291]

There is outrage over the atrocities, which is justified.

There's also outrage over the nebulous notion of 'pushing Canadian/European values'. I think that's misplaced.