Social fabric. (Pickering Treaty of 1794 between federal government and Iroquois confederacy still intact) (American Survey)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: November 12, 1994 | Copyright information

A metre or so of unbleached muslin cloth may not seem like much of a peace offering. But to the 60,000 Indians who make up the six "nations" (or tribes) of the Iroquois confederacy, and who are entitled to a bolt of cloth (along with a little cash) from the federal government each year, it confirms that the Pickering Treaty of 1794 is still intact. That the size of the "annuity cloth", agreed as part of the treaty, has shrunk over the years is not the point, says Peter Jemison, a mem...

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