The United States government negotiated thousands of treaties with the Indians over the centuries. Every single one was broken as the settlers wanted more lands, or they wanted gold or other metals. The treaties were just a temporary means of the government getting what it wanted at the moment but as soon as those needs changed, someone would break the treaty.
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The United States Government.
The Pontiac's rebellion was the bloodiest and deadliest war between the colonists and Native Americans. The British government issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which created a boundary between colonists and Indians.
There were different tribes and nations that made peace with the US Government at different times. Not all have done so.
The relationship was at first peaceful, as the Native Americans provided the use of land to the settlers. The settlers thought that they owned the land and this began confrontations between the Native Americans and the settlers.
The American Indian Policy Review Commission of 1975 looked at the history between the Federal Government and the Native Americans, in order to improve future policy, 5 of the 11 commissions were Native Americans themselves. I believe this was a policy put forward by the Federal Government.