One problem was that some states didn't fully understand the meaning for it
The food sources of Native Americans of the North and Northwest differed from that of Natives that lived in the West and Southwest due to the impact of climate which determined the types of food that were available. People in the North and Northwest did not farm. Irrigation allowed the people in the west to farm in dry areas.

King Otto l was was German king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from <em><u>962</u></em> until his death in <em><u>973</u></em>. He was the oldest son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda.
Otto inherited the Duchy of Saxony and the kingship of the Germans upon his father's death in 936. He continued his father's work of unifying all German tribes into a single kingdom and greatly expanded the king's powers at the expense of the aristocracy. Through strategic marriages and personal appointments, Otto installed members of his family in the kingdom's most important duchies. This reduced the various dukes, who had previously been co-equals with the king, to royal subjects under his authority. Otto transformed the Roman Catholic Church in Germany to strengthen royal authority and subjected its clergy to his personal control.
Father -- Henry the Fowler
Mother -- Matilda
they were ran by the powerful merchant families but mainly the Medici family