Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867)
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The Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) was a series of agreements between the U.S. government and several Plains tribes, including the Comanche, that aimed to relocate them to reservations and end hostilities on the Southern Plains.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2300481 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) Context triple: [Comanche, treaty, Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867)]
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Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
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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Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851
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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Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
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Treaty of 1837 with the United States
The Treaty of 1837 with the United States was an agreement in which the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Nation ceded large portions of their ancestral lands in the Upper Midwest to the U.S. government, contributing to their forced removal and displacement.
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Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was an 1830 agreement that forced the Choctaw Nation to cede their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States and relocate west of the Mississippi River, marking one of the first major removals under the U.S. Indian Removal policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) Target entity description: The Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) was a series of agreements between the U.S. government and several Plains tribes, including the Comanche, that aimed to relocate them to reservations and end hostilities on the Southern Plains.
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A.
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
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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B.
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851
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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C.
Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
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D.
Treaty of 1837 with the United States
The Treaty of 1837 with the United States was an agreement in which the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Nation ceded large portions of their ancestral lands in the Upper Midwest to the U.S. government, contributing to their forced removal and displacement.
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E.
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was an 1830 agreement that forced the Choctaw Nation to cede their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States and relocate west of the Mississippi River, marking one of the first major removals under the U.S. Indian Removal policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
series of treaties
ⓘ
treaty ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867)
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surface form:
Medicine Lodge Creek Treaty
Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) ⓘ
surface form:
Medicine Lodge Treaty
|
| appliesToTerritorialEntity | Southern Plains ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolicy | U.S. peace policy toward Native Americans in the late 1860s ⓘ |
| conflictRelatedTo | Red River War ⓘ |
| consequence |
confinement of Southern Plains tribes to reservations
ⓘ
increased U.S. military enforcement on the Southern Plains ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1867 ⓘ |
| field |
Native American history
ⓘ
history of the American West ⓘ |
| follows | Treaty of Little Arkansas (1865) ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
Comanche land rights
ⓘ
Kiowa land rights ⓘ Plains Apache land rights ⓘ Southern Arapaho land rights ⓘ Southern Cheyenne land rights ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ |
| location |
Cow Creek
ⓘ
surface form:
Medicine Lodge Creek
near present-day Medicine Lodge, Kansas ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States–Native American treaties
ⓘ
surface form:
United States–Indian treaty system
|
| purpose |
to end hostilities on the Southern Plains
ⓘ
to relocate Plains tribes to reservations ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
buffalo hunting on the Southern Plains
ⓘ
reservation system in Indian Territory ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ |
| signatory |
Lipan Apache
ⓘ
surface form:
Apache (Plains Apache)
Comanche ⓘ Kiowa people ⓘ
surface form:
Kiowa
Arapaho people ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Arapaho
Southern Cheyenne ⓘ United States government ⓘ |
| startDate | October 1867 ⓘ |
| stipulated |
cessation of tribal claims to large areas of the Southern Plains
ⓘ
creation of reservations in Indian Territory ⓘ provision of annuities and supplies to tribes ⓘ restriction of hunting to defined areas and seasons ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historical studies of U.S.–Native American relations ⓘ |
| topic |
Indian policy of the United States
ⓘ
Native American–United States treaties ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) Description of subject: The Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) was a series of agreements between the U.S. government and several Plains tribes, including the Comanche, that aimed to relocate them to reservations and end hostilities on the Southern Plains.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Medicine Lodge Treaty
this entity surface form:
Medicine Lodge Treaty (1867)
this entity surface form:
Treaty of Medicine Lodge
this entity surface form:
Treaty of Medicine Lodge
this entity surface form:
Medicine Lodge Treaty
this entity surface form:
Medicine Lodge Creek Treaty
this entity surface form:
Medicine Lodge Treaty
this entity surface form:
Treaty of Washington (1867) with the Kiowa and Comanche
this entity surface form:
Treaty of 1867 (Indian Territory relocation)