Kawanatanga (which is a made-up word from the English word governorship)
Approximately 500 Maori chiefs signed the English version of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
Kawanatanga (which is a made-up word from the English word governorship, which doesn't quite mean sovereignty)
tino rangatiratanga
If it's for New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi it was between the Maori Chiefs and the English.
The Maori version was different from the English version
The Maori chiefs were not made to sign the treaty. They were persuaded that it was in their interests. But some chiefs did not sign it.
because the maori misunderstood the English version
Translations of some words were slightly off which resulted in different interpretations of the Treaty depending on whether you were reading the English or Maori version
he signed a treaty with the chiefs of the Lenni Lenape tribe
Hone Heke was the first chief to sign the treaty.
Altogether 150 northern chiefs on the 6th of February 1840 mainly Nga Puhi signed the treaty, Forty-four chiefs form Waikato-Tainui tribe signed the treaty.
"Johnny Reb" concluded no treaty with any country because none recognized his independent sovereignty.