<span>The Articles of Confederation were written documentation that laid out the purpose of the new national government of the US once it was independent from Great Britain an in control of itself. In essence, these articles were the Constitution prior to it's existence.</span>
At the same time, they occupied the heart of prime bison range which was also an excellent region for furs, which could be sold to French and American traders for goods such as guns. The Lakota became the most powerful of the Plains tribes.