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When Sam Nia and his wife arrived at their hotel in Nuuk, they were welcomed into a confederacy of stranded tourists whose flights had been unable to get out for days.

The federal government entered into three treaties that affirmed the confederacy’s sovereignty and ownership over much of the northern part of New York state.

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Known as “Lament for Confederation,” it was a landmark moment in First Nations history, calling out the meaning of the confederacy and the impact of colonization on Indigenous peoples.

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This confederacy of society’s richest and most powerful people is determined to ruin Benny’s life.

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Instead, Cortés wandered into a collection of city states, three of them joined in a powerful confederacy, the Triple Alliance.

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