Treaty of Wapakoneta
E288619
The Treaty of Wapakoneta was an 1831 agreement in which the Shawnee ceded their remaining lands in Ohio to the United States and were forced to relocate west of the Mississippi River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treaty of Wapakoneta canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2686300 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Wapakoneta Context triple: [Shawnee, treaty, Treaty of Wapakoneta]
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A.
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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B.
Treaty of Hopewell
The Treaty of Hopewell was a series of late 18th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations, including the Cherokee, that established boundaries and sought to regulate relations on the southern frontier.
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C.
Treaty of Chicago
The Treaty of Chicago was an 1833 agreement in which several Native American tribes, including the Potawatomi, ceded large areas of land around the Great Lakes to the United States, paving the way for extensive American settlement in the region.
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D.
Treaty of Prairie du Chien
The Treaty of Prairie du Chien was a series of early 19th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations in the Upper Midwest that redefined tribal boundaries and ceded large areas of Indigenous land to the U.S. government.
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E.
Treaty of Fort Wise
The Treaty of Fort Wise was an 1861 agreement in which some Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders ceded large portions of their Colorado lands to the United States, setting the stage for increased conflict and the Colorado War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Wapakoneta Target entity description: The Treaty of Wapakoneta was an 1831 agreement in which the Shawnee ceded their remaining lands in Ohio to the United States and were forced to relocate west of the Mississippi River.
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A.
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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B.
Treaty of Hopewell
The Treaty of Hopewell was a series of late 18th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations, including the Cherokee, that established boundaries and sought to regulate relations on the southern frontier.
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C.
Treaty of Chicago
The Treaty of Chicago was an 1833 agreement in which several Native American tribes, including the Potawatomi, ceded large areas of land around the Great Lakes to the United States, paving the way for extensive American settlement in the region.
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D.
Treaty of Prairie du Chien
The Treaty of Prairie du Chien was a series of early 19th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations in the Upper Midwest that redefined tribal boundaries and ceded large areas of Indigenous land to the U.S. government.
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E.
Treaty of Fort Wise
The Treaty of Fort Wise was an 1861 agreement in which some Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders ceded large portions of their Colorado lands to the United States, setting the stage for increased conflict and the Colorado War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States–Native American treaty
ⓘ
land cession agreement ⓘ treaty ⓘ |
| appliesToEthnicGroup | Shawnee ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Ohio ⓘ |
| countryParty |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateSigned | 1831 ⓘ |
| effect |
forced relocation of the Shawnee west of the Mississippi River
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loss of Shawnee land base in Ohio ⓘ |
| historicalContext | U.S. Indian removal policy era ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalConsequence |
obligation of Shawnee to remove to lands west of the Mississippi River
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transfer of land title to the United States ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Auglaize County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Wapakoneta, Ohio
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surface form:
Wapakoneta
|
| nativeNationParty | Shawnee ⓘ |
| peopleInvolved |
Shawnee Nation
ⓘ
surface form:
Shawnee people
U.S. government representatives ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Indian removal
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Shawnee history ⓘ U.S. expansion into the Old Northwest ⓘ |
| result | cession of remaining Shawnee lands in Ohio to the United States ⓘ |
| signingLocation | Wapakoneta, Ohio ⓘ |
| topic | dispossession of Native American lands in the United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Treaty of Wapakoneta Description of subject: The Treaty of Wapakoneta was an 1831 agreement in which the Shawnee ceded their remaining lands in Ohio to the United States and were forced to relocate west of the Mississippi River.
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