Treaty of Fort Meigs

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historical event treaty

The Treaty of Fort Meigs was an 1817 agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes, including the Shawnee, that ceded large tracts of Indigenous land in the Northwest Territory to the U.S. government.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Fort Meigs canonical	2

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ treaty ⓘ
aim	secure land for American settlement in the Northwest Territory ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Northwest Territory ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
effectOnIndigenousPeoples	displacement of Native American communities ⓘ loss of traditional lands ⓘ
follows	War of 1812 ⓘ
historicalRegion	Old Northwest ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified treaty of the United States ⓘ
location	Fort Meigs ⓘ Northwest Territory ⓘ Ohio ⓘ
partOf	United States territorial expansion ⓘ surface form: United States westward expansion series of U.S.–Native American land treaties ⓘ
party	Shawnee ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States other Native American tribes of the Northwest Territory ⓘ
result	cession of Indigenous land to the United States ⓘ transfer of Native American land titles to the U.S. government ⓘ
signatory	Chippewa ⓘ Delaware ⓘ Illinois peoples ⓘ surface form: Illinois tribes Kaskaskia ⓘ Kickapoo ⓘ Miami ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ Piankashaw ⓘ Potawatomi ⓘ Seneca ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ United States government ⓘ Wea ⓘ Wyandot ⓘ
signingDate	1817 ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ postcolonial United States expansion ⓘ
topic	United States–Native American relations ⓘ land cession ⓘ post–War of 1812 settlement ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Treaty of Fort Meigs
Description of subject: The Treaty of Fort Meigs was an 1817 agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes, including the Shawnee, that ceded large tracts of Indigenous land in the Northwest Territory to the U.S. government.

Referenced by (2)

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

Shawnee → treaty → Treaty of Fort Meigs ⓘ

Shawnee Nation → treaty → Treaty of Fort Meigs ⓘ