Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851

E100989
United States–Native American treaty treaty

The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 was a landmark agreement between the United States and several Plains tribes, including the Sioux, that attempted to establish territorial boundaries and ensure safe passage for settlers moving west.

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Label Occurrences
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851) 11
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 canonical 5

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States–Native American treaty ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Horse Creek Treaty ⓘ
countrySignatory United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
definedTerritoryFor Assiniboine people ⓘ
surface form: Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara

Cheyenne people ⓘ
surface form: Cheyenne and Arapaho

Crow Nation ⓘ
Lakota ⓘ
surface form: Lakota Sioux
effectOn formalized U.S. recognition of certain tribal lands ⓘ
increased U.S. military and emigrant presence in the Plains ⓘ
followedBy Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 ⓘ
historicalContext Plains Indians ⓘ
surface form: Plains Indian–United States relations

westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
impact became a reference point in later land and treaty disputes ⓘ
its terms were frequently violated by the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ
locationNow near present-day Fort Laramie, Wyoming ⓘ
NativeAmericanSignatory Arapaho people ⓘ
surface form: Arapaho

Arikara ⓘ
Assiniboine ⓘ
Cheyenne ⓘ
Crow ⓘ
Hidatsa people ⓘ
surface form: Hidatsa

Lakota ⓘ
surface form: Lakota Sioux

Mandan ⓘ
negotiatedBy United States federal officials ⓘ
surface form: United States Indian agents

representatives of Plains tribes ⓘ
partOf United States–Native American treaties ⓘ
surface form: United States Indian treaty system
providedFor annual annuity payments to tribes ⓘ
recognition of tribal territories by the United States ⓘ
purpose to ensure safe passage for settlers on westward trails ⓘ
to establish territorial boundaries for Plains tribes ⓘ
to protect emigrant routes such as the Oregon Trail ⓘ
to reduce intertribal warfare ⓘ
relatedTo California Trail ⓘ
Mormon Trail ⓘ
Oregon Trail ⓘ
requiredFromTribes cessation of hostilities among signatory tribes ⓘ
guarantee of safe passage for emigrants ⓘ
protection of roads and military posts ⓘ
signedAt Fort Laramie ⓘ
signedIn 1851 ⓘ
signedOn September 17, 1851 ⓘ
subjectMatter land rights ⓘ
sovereignty and jurisdiction ⓘ
trade and annuities ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sioux people → historicalEvent → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
Crow → treaty → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)
Cheyenne → treaty → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)
United States–Native American treaties → hasPart → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 → follows → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
Fort Laramie → siteOf → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)
Arapaho people → treatyPartyTo → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)
Lakota → treatyParty → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)
Treaty of Fort Wise → precededBy → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)
Treaty of Fort Wise → follows → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)
Crow Indian Reservation → associatedWithTreaty → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)
Crow people → notableTreaty → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)
Apsáalooke → treatyHistory → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
Gros Ventre people → treaty → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
Yankton Sioux → treatyPartyTo → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
Hunkpapa Lakota Nation → associatedTreaty → Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)