Complex sentence: Consequently, government land agents were involved in a number of dubious land purchases, agreements were sometimes negotiated with only one owner of tribally owned land and in some cases land was purchased from the wrong people altogether.
Split into simpler sentences: Consequently, government land agents were involved in a number of dubious land purchases. Agreements were sometimes negotiated with only one owner of tribally owned land and in some cases land was purchased from the wrong people altogether.