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By 1812, First Nations had been battling American expansion for more than a century. In a last-ditch effort to protect their homeland and their culture, many First Nations, some of whom joined a native confederacy led by the Shawnee warrior Tecumseh, joined forces with the British Army to fight a common enemy - the Americans. In return for their services, the British promised the First Nations people they would not agree to peace without securing an autonomous native territory. When the British abandoned this pledge and signed the 1814 Treaty of Ghent the fate of a First Nations homeland was tragically sealed. |
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