Treaty of Traverse des Sioux

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land cession treaty treaty

The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux was an 1851 agreement in which Dakota leaders ceded vast portions of their ancestral lands in present-day Minnesota to the United States, paving the way for large-scale white settlement and profound disruption of Dakota life.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Mendota	3
Treaty of Traverse des Sioux canonical	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	land cession treaty ⓘ treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Traverse des Sioux Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Minnesota River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Minnesota ⓘ
category	1851 treaties ⓘ History of Minnesota ⓘ Treaties between the United States and Native Americans ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
followedBy	Treaty of Mendota NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffect	dependency of Dakota on U.S. annuity payments ⓘ loss of Dakota hunting grounds ⓘ restriction of Dakota to narrow reservation lands ⓘ tension leading toward the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion	Upper Midwest NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ English ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ
location	Traverse des Sioux NERFINISHED ⓘ near present-day St. Peter, Minnesota ⓘ
mainSubject	Dakota land rights ⓘ U.S. westward expansion ⓘ land cession ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Alexander Ramsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Luke Lea NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	U.S. Indian treaty system ⓘ U.S. expansion into the Upper Midwest ⓘ
peopleAffected	Dakota people NERFINISHED ⓘ Sisseton Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Wahpeton Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedDocument	Treaty of Mendota NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEvent	U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	cession of vast portions of Dakota ancestral lands ⓘ creation of Dakota reservations along the Minnesota River ⓘ increased U.S. control over Minnesota Territory ⓘ opening of land for white settlement ⓘ profound disruption of Dakota life ⓘ
signatory	Dakota leaders ⓘ Sisseton Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ Wahpeton Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedUnderAuthorityOf	Office of Indian Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of the Interior NERFINISHED ⓘ
signingDate	1851-07-23 ⓘ
year	1851 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Dakota → treatyInvolved → Treaty of Traverse des Sioux ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Mendota

Mdewakanton Dakota → treatyParty → Treaty of Traverse des Sioux ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Mendota

Taoyateduta → signed → Treaty of Traverse des Sioux ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Mendota