Ben Franklin's world is a production of the

Omaha Institute. Hello and welcome to episode 264 of Ben Franklin's world.

The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and

events of our early American past

have shaped the present day world we live in.

And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.

So history tells us that the American War for Independence

ended with the 1783 Treaty of Paris.

But when we take a closer look at North America, we can see that the Treaty of Paris didn't actually

bring peace to North America.

Now the Treaty of Paris did end the fighting

between the United States and Great Britain,

but warfare and violence continued to wage on

between Americans and Native Americans.

So how did the United States work to bring peace within all its claimed territory after the revolution?

Michael Oberg is a distinguished professor of history at the State University of New York, Genesio.

And he joins us today to investigate one way that the United States looked to make peace.

And that way was by working with the Hodin Ashoni or Six Nations people to craft a treaty,

specifically the 1794 Treaty of Kanandagwa.

Now as we investigate the Treaty of Kanandagwa, Michael reveals, why the six nations in the United States

needed a treaty agreement in 1794. The different cultural and political viewpoints

both sides had to negotiate during the treaty-making process, and the 1794

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