Why did the Indians provide scouts for the US Army during the

Any books on this topic also appreciated.

>>2745025
Because your assumptions are wrong and none of it was as simple as you think it was.

>>2745032
Hence the request for books on the subjects

>>2745025
They allied with Americans because they thought they'd be the exception and they also had mutual enemies.

>>2745025
Divided and conquered.

too bad the redskins came to America too early to have been able to come with the knowledge the book of war.

>>2745025

Why do you think "Indians" are all the same? Here's clue, you racist dipshit: Indians are just people like anyone else, they can have a million different things motivating them, they don't see everything in your simple-minded MUH RACE terms.

>>2745074
>racist
Into the trash it goes

>>2745074
>muh racism
leftypol pls go
and take rightypol with you

>>2745074
Maybe because the Americans didn't really see them as much different. Have any of the treaties been fully honored ever? Hell the Dawes Act didn't distinguish between tribes did it?

>>2745025
Imagine fighting with a neighbouring tribe for decades, centuries even. You hate their guts as they do yours but none of you can subdue each other. Then those paleface guys armed with boomsticks come and say they will deal with your enemies if you provide them help and info.

Would you accept if you were in their position? Yes you would.

>>2745025

Because the Americans had the best weapons and plenty of money for trading. In short, you get to work for the winning team and get paid well for it. Also, the pre-American tribes were never united and they had plenty of grudges between them, thus they were willing to screw each other over for traded goods. Another metaphor, the Americans were the strongest tribe. Why wouldn't you want to have an alliance with the strongest tribe? You have grievances with all the other tribes, but you don't really have anything against these strange new people showed up. Yeah, the new people are weird, but they have cool stuff, like guns, and they'll even let you have guns too if you help them out for a bit!

>>2746616
Did no group though see the Americans turning on their former allies again and again?

>>2745025
Let's say you're a Crow. The Sioux have been fucking with your people forever, killing them, stealing your shit, all that jazz. Now some paleskins show up saying the Sioux have been raiding them, and they're here to fight back. No shit you're gonna team up with them, especially when they offer you these nice guns and shit.

>>2748179

Remember that these developments happened over generations, many who betrayed their own people lived the rest of their lives without consequence.

>>2745025
They were naive and did not realize this until it was too late. Hindsight is 20/20.

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>>2745025
The same reason there were mestizos/castizos/hispanics fighting with the US to kick out the Mexicans

They saw what they perceived to be a good deal and they took it

Not the first time its ever happened and it won't be the last