Treaty of Point Elliott

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United States–Native American treaty legal instrument treaty

The Treaty of Point Elliott was an 1855 agreement in Washington Territory in which several Coast Salish tribes ceded large portions of their ancestral lands to the United States in exchange for reservations, fishing rights, and other guarantees.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Point Elliott canonical	10
Point Elliott Treaty	1
Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States–Native American treaty ⓘ legal instrument ⓘ treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ surface form: Point Elliott Treaty Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855
appliesTo	Puget Sound region ⓘ Washington Territory ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdReservation	Lummi Reservation ⓘ Other reservations in Washington Territory ⓘ Port Madison Reservation ⓘ Swinomish Indian Tribal Community reservation ⓘ surface form: Swinomish Reservation Tulalip Indian Reservation ⓘ surface form: Tulalip Reservation
dateSigned	1855-01-22 ⓘ
effect	ceded large portions of Coast Salish ancestral lands to the United States ⓘ
governingLaw	United States federal law ⓘ
guaranteedRight	annuities and other payments ⓘ education and other services ⓘ gathering rights ⓘ hunting rights ⓘ off-reservation fishing rights at usual and accustomed grounds ⓘ reservation lands for signatory tribes ⓘ
hasOngoingLegalSignificance	true ⓘ
historicalRegion	Coast Salish region ⓘ surface form: Coast Salish territory
language	English ⓘ
locationSigned	Mukilteo ⓘ surface form: Mukilteo, Washington Point Elliott, Washington Territory ⓘ
purpose	establishment of Indian reservations ⓘ land cession ⓘ recognition of fishing rights ⓘ regulation of relations between the United States and Coast Salish tribes ⓘ
recognizedTribe	Lummi Nation ⓘ Suquamish Tribe ⓘ Swinomish Indian Tribal Community reservation ⓘ surface form: Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribes ⓘ
relatedTo	Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ Treaty of Neah Bay ⓘ Treaty of Point No Point ⓘ
signatory	Duwamish ⓘ Lummi ⓘ Other Coast Salish tribes ⓘ Upper Skagit ⓘ surface form: Skagit Snohomish ⓘ Snoqualmie ⓘ Stillaguamish ⓘ Suquamish ⓘ Swinomish Indian Tribal Community reservation ⓘ surface form: Swinomish United States of America ⓘ
signatoryRepresentative	Isaac Ingalls Stevens ⓘ surface form: Isaac I. Stevens
signatoryRepresentativeOf	United States of America ⓘ
subjectMatter	fishing and resource rights ⓘ land cession and sovereignty ⓘ tribal–federal relations ⓘ
usedIn	United States federal Indian law cases ⓘ
yearSigned	1855 ⓘ

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United States–Native American treaties → hasPart → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Suquamish → treatyParty → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Duwamish people → treatySignatoryOf → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Duwamish → signedTreaty → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Lummi Nation → partyTo → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Tulalip Tribes → signatoryTo → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Snohomish people → treaty → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Land of the Suquamish Tribe → associatedWithTreaty → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Suquamish people → treaty → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Treaty of Point Elliott → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

this entity surface form: Point Elliott Treaty

Treaty of Point Elliott → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855

Snoqualmie people → treatyHistory → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ