Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868

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The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 was an agreement between the United States and several Lakota Sioux and other Plains tribes that established the Great Sioux Reservation, including the Black Hills, and aimed to end Red Cloud’s War by guaranteeing tribal land rights that were later repeatedly violated.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal Indian treaty
bilateral agreement
treaty
aimedToEnd Red Cloud's War
surface form: Red Cloud’s War
countrySignatory Arapaho
Blackfoot
surface form: Blackfeet Lakota

Brulé band of the Lakota Sioux
surface form: Brulé Lakota

Cheyenne
Hunkpapa Lakota
Lakota
surface form: Lakota Sioux

Miniconjou Lakota
Oglala band of the Lakota
surface form: Oglala Lakota

Sans Arc Lakota
Two Kettles Lakota
United States of America
surface form: United States
dateSigned 1868
established Great Sioux Reservation
follows Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851
guaranteed exclusive use of Great Sioux Reservation to the Sioux
hunting rights in unceded territories
historicalSignificance foundation for modern Sioux land claims in the Black Hills
key document in U.S.–Lakota relations
includedClause requirement that future land cessions need consent of three-fourths of adult male Sioux
interpretedBy United States Supreme Court decision United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
language English
laterViolatedBy United States government
legalStatus recognized as binding treaty under United States Constitution
partOf United States–Native American wars
surface form: United States–Indian Wars
primaryPurpose to guarantee tribal land rights
to secure peace between the United States and the Sioux and allied tribes
providedFor construction of schools
distribution of annuities to tribes
establishment of agencies for the Sioux
provision of farming equipment
recognizedTerritory Black Hills
parts of present-day Montana
parts of present-day North Dakota
parts of present-day Wyoming
western South Dakota
relatedEvent Great Sioux War of 1876
relatedTo Black Hills land claim
required abandonment of Fort C. F. Smith
abandonment of Fort Phil Kearny
abandonment of Fort Reno
signedAt Fort Laramie
signedIn Wyoming Territory
stipulated closure of the Bozeman Trail forts
violationContext construction of railroads and settlements in Sioux territory
gold discovery in the Black Hills

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Sioux people historicalEvent Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
Red Cloud's War result Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Red Cloud's War treaty Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Great Sioux War of 1876 treatyContext Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
Crow treaty Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Occupation of Alcatraz hasLegalBasisClaimed Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
United States–Native American treaties hasPart Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 followedBy Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
Red Cloud signed Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Fort Laramie siteOf Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Black Hills treatyRelatedTo Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie 1868
Rosebud Indian Reservation treatyBasis Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Arapaho people treatyPartyTo Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Lakota treatyParty Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Bozeman Trail associatedWith Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
Powder River Country associatedWithTreaty Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Fort Reno associatedTreaty Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Hunkpapa Lakota treaty Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Miniconjou Lakota treatyParty Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Crow Indian Reservation associatedWithTreaty Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Crow people notableTreaty Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Apsáalooke treatyHistory Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
Gros Ventre people treaty Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
Yankton Sioux treatyPartyTo Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
Hunkpapa Lakota Nation associatedTreaty Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
this entity surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)