Treaty of 1855
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The Treaty of 1855 was an agreement between the United States and the Nez Perce that established a reservation and recognized certain tribal rights while ceding large areas of the tribe’s traditional lands.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Treaty of 1855 canonical | 3 |
| Treaty of 1855 (Lame Bull Treaty) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2742126 — 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 1855 Context triple: [Nez Perce, treaty, Treaty of 1855]
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A.
Treaty of Lewistown
The Treaty of Lewistown was an early 19th-century agreement in which the Shawnee ceded lands in Ohio to the United States, contributing to their displacement from the region.
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B.
Oregon Treaty of 1846
The Oregon Treaty of 1846 was an agreement between the United States and Great Britain that peacefully settled their competing claims in the Pacific Northwest by establishing the 49th parallel as the boundary west of the Rocky Mountains.
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C.
Treaty of 1854
The Treaty of 1854 was a U.S. government agreement that ceded most of the Omaha people's ancestral lands in present-day Nebraska in exchange for a reservation and other promised provisions.
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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 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.
- 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 1855 Target entity description: The Treaty of 1855 was an agreement between the United States and the Nez Perce that established a reservation and recognized certain tribal rights while ceding large areas of the tribe’s traditional lands.
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A.
Treaty of Lewistown
The Treaty of Lewistown was an early 19th-century agreement in which the Shawnee ceded lands in Ohio to the United States, contributing to their displacement from the region.
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B.
Oregon Treaty of 1846
The Oregon Treaty of 1846 was an agreement between the United States and Great Britain that peacefully settled their competing claims in the Pacific Northwest by establishing the 49th parallel as the boundary west of the Rocky Mountains.
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C.
Treaty of 1854
The Treaty of 1854 was a U.S. government agreement that ceded most of the Omaha people's ancestral lands in present-day Nebraska in exchange for a reservation and other promised provisions.
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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 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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States–Native American treaty
ⓘ
bilateral agreement ⓘ treaty ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Nez Perce
ⓘ
surface form:
Nez Perce people
|
| category |
Nez Perce history
ⓘ
Treaties between the United States and Native American tribes ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| effect |
ceded large areas of Nez Perce traditional lands to the United States
ⓘ
Nez Perce Reservation ⓘ
surface form:
established a Nez Perce reservation
recognized certain Nez Perce tribal rights ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Nez Perce Reservation ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | ratified treaty ⓘ |
| legalStatus | binding agreement under United States law ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Nez Perce land cession
ⓘ
Nez Perce Reservation ⓘ
surface form:
Nez Perce reservation
tribal rights ⓘ |
| party |
Nez Perce
ⓘ
surface form:
Nez Perce Tribe
United States government ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| recognizedRight |
certain tribal self-governance rights
ⓘ
continued exercise of some off-reservation rights ⓘ use of some traditional lands and resources ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Nez Perce traditional lands
ⓘ
United States Indian policy ⓘ subsequent Nez Perce treaties and agreements ⓘ |
| result | reduction of Nez Perce traditional territory ⓘ |
| signatory |
Nez Perce
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| topic |
hunting and fishing rights
ⓘ
land cession ⓘ reservation boundaries ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Treaty of 1855 Description of subject: The Treaty of 1855 was an agreement between the United States and the Nez Perce that established a reservation and recognized certain tribal rights while ceding large areas of the tribe’s traditional lands.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Treaty of 1855 (Lame Bull Treaty)