Treaty of Washington (1836)
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The Treaty of Washington (1836) was an agreement in which the Odawa and Ojibwe peoples ceded vast tracts of land in what is now Michigan to the United States, profoundly reshaping control of the Great Lakes region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treaty of Washington (1836) canonical | 2 |
| Treaty of Washington (1836) with the Ottawa and Chippewa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4306700 — 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 Washington (1836) Context triple: [Odawa, treatyPartyTo, Treaty of Washington (1836)]
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Treaty of Washington (1826)
The Treaty of Washington (1826) was an agreement in which the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ceded large portions of their remaining lands in the southeastern United States to the U.S. government, furthering Native American dispossession and paving the way for increased white settlement.
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Treaty of Point No Point
The Treaty of Point No Point was an 1855 agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes in the Puget Sound region that ceded tribal lands in exchange for reservations, payments, and fishing rights.
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C.
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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Treaty of Neah Bay
The Treaty of Neah Bay is an 1855 agreement between the United States and the Makah Tribe that secured Makah whaling and fishing rights in exchange for large land cessions on the Olympic Peninsula.
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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.
- 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 Washington (1836) Target entity description: The Treaty of Washington (1836) was an agreement in which the Odawa and Ojibwe peoples ceded vast tracts of land in what is now Michigan to the United States, profoundly reshaping control of the Great Lakes region.
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A.
Treaty of Washington (1826)
The Treaty of Washington (1826) was an agreement in which the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ceded large portions of their remaining lands in the southeastern United States to the U.S. government, furthering Native American dispossession and paving the way for increased white settlement.
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B.
Treaty of Point No Point
The Treaty of Point No Point was an 1855 agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes in the Puget Sound region that ceded tribal lands in exchange for reservations, payments, and fishing rights.
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C.
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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D.
Treaty of Neah Bay
The Treaty of Neah Bay is an 1855 agreement between the United States and the Makah Tribe that secured Makah whaling and fishing rights in exchange for large land cessions on the Olympic Peninsula.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
land cession treaty
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treaty ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Great Lakes region
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present-day Michigan ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Michigan Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
United States federal Indian law scholarship
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histories of Michigan statehood and expansion ⓘ |
| effect |
cession of vast tracts of Odawa and Ojibwe land to the United States
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expansion of United States control in the Great Lakes region ⓘ profound reshaping of political control of the Great Lakes region ⓘ |
| follows | earlier United States–Native American treaties in the Great Lakes region ⓘ |
| genre | international agreement ⓘ |
| hasLegalConsequences | ongoing recognition and litigation of treaty-reserved rights in Michigan ⓘ |
| hasPart |
provisions affecting hunting and fishing rights
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provisions for annuities to Native signatories ⓘ provisions for land cession ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| impact |
altered Indigenous territorial boundaries in the Upper Great Lakes
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contributed to long-term legal disputes over treaty rights in Michigan ⓘ facilitated Euro-American settlement of northern Michigan ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Odawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ojibwe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | ratified treaty of the United States ⓘ |
| location | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Indigenous land rights in the Great Lakes region
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land cession ⓘ sovereignty transfer ⓘ |
| partOf | United States–Native American treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Treaty of Detroit (1807)
NERFINISHED
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Treaty of Washington (1855) NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Indian removal and land cession policies ⓘ |
| signatory |
Chippewa
NERFINISHED
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Odawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ojibwe NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottawa NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
dispossession of Odawa from ancestral lands
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dispossession of Ojibwe from ancestral lands ⓘ |
| significantFor |
Odawa communities in Michigan
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Ojibwe communities in Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ history of the Great Lakes region ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Treaty of Washington (1836) Description of subject: The Treaty of Washington (1836) was an agreement in which the Odawa and Ojibwe peoples ceded vast tracts of land in what is now Michigan to the United States, profoundly reshaping control of the Great Lakes region.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Treaty of Washington (1836) with the Ottawa and Chippewa