Treaty of La Pointe

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bilateral agreement treaty

The Treaty of La Pointe was an 1854 agreement between the United States and Ojibwe (Chippewa) bands that ceded large areas of land in the Lake Superior region while establishing reservations and defining ongoing rights for the Ojibwe people.

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Label	Occurrences
1854 Treaty of La Pointe	1
Treaty of La Pointe canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral agreement ⓘ treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of La Pointe ⓘ surface form: 1854 Treaty of La Pointe
appliesToRegion	Lake Superior region ⓘ Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ northeastern Minnesota ⓘ northern Wisconsin ⓘ
cededLandArea	large areas around Lake Superior ⓘ
cededTo	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateSigned	1854-09-30 ⓘ
establishedReservation	Bad River Reservation ⓘ Fond du Lac Reservation ⓘ Grand Portage Indian Reservation ⓘ surface form: Grand Portage Reservation Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation ⓘ Lac du Flambeau Reservation ⓘ L’Anse Reservation ⓘ Ontonagon Reservation ⓘ Red Cliff Indian Reservation ⓘ surface form: Red Cliff Reservation
ethnicGroupInvolved	Anishinabek ⓘ surface form: Anishinaabe
governmentParty	United States government ⓘ
grantedRights	fishing rights ⓘ gathering rights ⓘ hunting rights ⓘ usufructuary rights ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalDomain	United States–Native American treaties ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified treaty ⓘ
locationSigned	La Pointe, Wisconsin ⓘ Madeline Island ⓘ
mainPurpose	definition of Ojibwe rights ⓘ establishment of reservations ⓘ land cession ⓘ
peopleAffected	Chippewa Nation ⓘ surface form: Chippewa people White Earth Ojibwe ⓘ surface form: Ojibwe people
ratifiedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
recognizedAs	binding federal treaty ⓘ
relatedTo	Treaty of 1837 with the United States ⓘ surface form: Treaty of 1837 Treaty of 1842 ⓘ
signatory	Chippewa ⓘ Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians ⓘ surface form: Lake Superior Ojibwe bands Ojibwe ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
subjectOf	Ojibwe treaty rights litigation ⓘ federal Indian law cases ⓘ
yearSigned	1854 ⓘ

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United States–Native American treaties → hasPart → Treaty of La Pointe ⓘ

Treaty of La Pointe → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of La Pointe ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1854 Treaty of La Pointe