(CWOI 6). Legally, you were allowed to enslave and traffic Native Americans, especially women and children, to perform any forced labor you needed. While the state forced Indians to work, the federal government sent three officials to negotiate treaties with the Native Americans, because the federal government imagined Indian tribes as foreign nations, so it treated treaties as a way to develop some kind of agreement and to ensure that everything would happen peacefully on the lands. The treaties contained laws such as giving the Indians enough money to purchase their own equipment and food in order to become self-sufficient (NPS 12). When the treaties were put in place by the president, the Senate met to discuss the pros and cons and then declined all the proposed treaties. After the failure of the treaties, the United States government continued to move the Indians into small areas and house them, forcing them to assimilate into modern culture. The effects of this law lasted for 16 years until 1866, when the 14th Amendment was put in place, which stated that it should not "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without a due process of law,” nor deny anyone “equal protection.” of the law. » (US Constitution, 14th Amendment). The California Government and Consumer Protection Act