Treaty of 1842

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land cession treaty treaty

The Treaty of 1842 was a U.S.–Native American agreement, particularly involving Ojibwe lands in the Lake Superior region, that ceded extensive mineral-rich territories to the United States and reshaped Indigenous land rights in the upper Midwest.

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Treaty of 1842 canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	land cession treaty ⓘ treaty ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Lake Superior region NERFINISHED ⓘ Ojibwe lands NERFINISHED ⓘ upper Midwest ⓘ
concerns	Ojibwe land rights ⓘ resource extraction ⓘ sovereignty of Native American nations ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
effect	ceded extensive territories to the United States ⓘ expanded U.S. control over mineral-rich lands ⓘ reshaped Indigenous land rights in the upper Midwest ⓘ
follows	earlier U.S.–Ojibwe agreements ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
impact	increased access for U.S. mining interests ⓘ long-term disputes over land and resource rights ⓘ reduction of Ojibwe-controlled territory ⓘ
legalStatus	federal treaty of the United States ⓘ
mainSubject	Indigenous land rights ⓘ land cession ⓘ mineral rights ⓘ
partOf	U.S.–Native American treaty system NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to formalize cession of Ojibwe lands in the Lake Superior region ⓘ to obtain mineral-rich territories for the United States ⓘ
recognizedAs	binding agreement between the United States and Ojibwe bands ⓘ
recognizedBy	U.S. federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ
signatory	Chippewa NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Superior Ojibwe NERFINISHED ⓘ Ojibwe NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Treaty of La Pointe → relatedTo → Treaty of 1842 ⓘ