The Oneida were then . offered a one–time lump–sum payment of $60,000 in (30) lieu of the $0.52 annuity guaranteed in perpetuity . to each member of the tribe under the Canandaigua . Treaty.
Finally, the offer of a (50) lump–sum payment was unanimously opposed by . the Oneida delegates, who saw that changing the . terms of a treaty might jeopardize the many . pending land claims based upon the treaty.
Hi I am not an instructor but I will try to help. The above two line references point to correct answer A), which states that Oneida delegates viewed Canandaigua Treaty as a a valuable safeguard of certain Oneida rights and privileges.
According to the line references, the Oneiga rejected the lump-sum payment in lieu of the existing 0.52 dollar annuity guaranteed in perpetuity, guaranteed to each member of the tribe under the Canandaigua Treaty. This demonstrates that the Oneiga delegates think positively of the existing Canandaigua Treaty, as they turn down a competing offer designed to replace Canandaigua Treaty.
We can finally deduce that the Canandaigua treaty is thought by Oneiga to be valuable in safeguarding their rights, and that is why they want to hold on to Canandaigua Treaty and not replace it.
I hope I explained it correctly. Please feel free to correct me. Thank you
Ravion February 13, 2022
If you look at the end of the third paragraph, it says that the Oneida rejected changing any terms of the Canandaigua Treaty because they were concerned that if they did, it could jeopardize their pending land claims that were already based on that treaty as it was presently written.
What this tells us is that the original terms of the Canandaigua Treaty were good for their land claims, so from this we can infer that the treaty was a valuable safeguard of certain Oneida rights and privileges. This gets us to A, which is the correct answer choice.
VanessaSon January 5 at 10:22PM
Since they are skeptical of the treaty... why would this be "valuable safeguard" for their rights?
Emil-Kunkinon January 9 at 01:15AM
I think they were skeptical of readjustment, of changes to existing arrangements like the Canandaigua treaty, which suggests at least generally positive feelings towards the treaty.
helencburton000on June 11 at 05:36PM
For number 6 I am confused. The question states, "The passage suggests that the Oneida delegates viewed the Canandaigua Treaty as."
I chose answer B: "the source of many past problems for the Oneida tribe" I do not understand why that is incorrect because it talks about in the third paragraph how the offer was "unanimously opposed by the Oneida delegates, who saw that changing the terms of a treaty might jeopardize the many pending land claims." Wouldn't this be sufficient evidence to prove that the Oneida delegates viewed the Canandaigua Treaty as a problem not something to be safeguarded and valuable?
Emil-Kunkinon June 12 at 12:36PM
The offer in question, the readjustment, was a proposed modification of the treaty. The fact that the modification, which would have radically altered the terms of the initial treaty was strongly opposed shows that the delegates supported the initial treaty.
