The Treaty Trail: Isaac Stevens' Treaty Councils 1854-1856
Context for Treatymaking: U.S. Constitution and Treaties
HOW TO EXPLORE THE U.S. CONSTITUTION: Click on tabs below to navigate between pages. To get detailed information on how treaties and native American tribes are treated in the constitution, click on a magnifying glass in the document or use the links on the right.
Article I, section 8, clause 3
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; [...]

To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; [...]

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