Originally posted by NUKE
"Indians" land is missleading. There were many different tribes......none had a government or declared borders or a declared nation.
Native Amerian nations did in fact have highly developed governmental structure. Just because it was not doctrined from European parlimentary procedure does not invalidate its existence.
Wars took place over water rights, hunting grounds, migration and trade routes and laws, etc. Oral history and art is how these laws were passed on.
You might want to do a bit more reading, if all the books on indigenous culture havent been burned in your neighborhood. Any book by Chief Wilma Mankiller should provide some insight, or even Linda Hogan, Chief Arvol Lookinghorse, and others.