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A donkey and an elephant uniquely represent two different political parties in the U.S. Yet, the symbols leave much undefined. Does a particular member agree to this or that principle? Can members of one party believe in the principles of the other? A single word can convey different meanings, to different people, at different times, and in different places.
Over the past 500 years, native peoples experienced the global expansion of European nations. British decedents used treaties with native peoples to settle the land in the U.S. and New Zealand. However, those two countries ultimately developed different relationships between their colonizing and indigenous peoples. Differences in negotiations before 1815 in the U.S. and 1872 in New Zealand influenced this outcome, particularly how each adapted to change.
