Treaty of Medicine Creek

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United States–Native American treaty legal agreement treaty

The Treaty of Medicine Creek was an 1854 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 provisions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Medicine Creek canonical	7
Medicine Creek Treaty	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States–Native American treaty ⓘ legal agreement ⓘ treaty ⓘ
affects	Nisqually River region ⓘ southern Puget Sound area ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ surface form: Medicine Creek Treaty
appliesTo	tribal sovereignty over reserved rights ⓘ
cededTo	United States government ⓘ
containsClause	guarantee of the right of taking fish at usual and accustomed grounds and stations ⓘ provisions for education and agricultural assistance ⓘ
countryParty	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasConsequence	basis for later federal court cases on tribal fishing rights ⓘ long-term disputes over land and fishing rights ⓘ
historicalContext	United States westward expansion ⓘ colonization of the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
historicalEra	19th century ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ
locationNow	area of present-day Washington State ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Isaac Ingalls Stevens ⓘ surface form: Isaac I. Stevens
partOf	Treaty of Point No Point ⓘ surface form: Stevens Treaties
party	Nisqually ⓘ Puyallup ⓘ Squaxin Island Tribe ⓘ Steilacoom ⓘ other Coast Salish tribes ⓘ
provides	annuities ⓘ fishing rights ⓘ gathering rights ⓘ hunting rights ⓘ other provisions and payments ⓘ reservation lands ⓘ
purpose	to obtain cession of Native American lands for American settlement ⓘ
ratifiedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
ratifiedIn	1855 ⓘ
recognized	tribal fishing rights off-reservation at usual and accustomed places ⓘ
region	Puget Sound ⓘ
resultedIn	creation of reservations for signatory tribes ⓘ large-scale land cession by Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
signatoryRepresentative	Isaac Ingalls Stevens ⓘ surface form: Isaac I. Stevens
signedAt	Medicine Creek ⓘ
signedIn	Washington Territory ⓘ
signedOn	1854-12-26 ⓘ
subjectOf	historical scholarship on U.S.–Native American relations ⓘ legal analysis of treaty fishing rights ⓘ

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Subject: Treaty of Medicine Creek
Description of subject: The Treaty of Medicine Creek was an 1854 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 provisions.

Referenced by (8)

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

United States–Native American treaties → hasPart → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ

Puyallup Tribe → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ

Nisqually people → treaty → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ

Nisqually people → treatySignatoryOf → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ

Puyallup people → treaty → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ

Puyallup people → treatySignatoryTo → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ

Treaty of Point Elliott → relatedTo → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ

Treaty of Medicine Creek → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicine Creek Treaty