United States–Native American treaties

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historical event series legal instrument series of treaties

United States–Native American treaties are a series of formal agreements, often involving land cessions and shifting sovereignty, negotiated between the U.S. government and various Indigenous nations from the late 18th through the 19th centuries.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Indian Land Cessions in the United States	1
United States Indian treaty system	1
United States–Dakota relations	1
United States–Native American relations	1
United States–Native American relations in the Northwest Territory	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event series ⓘ legal instrument ⓘ series of treaties ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	federal Indian law in the United States ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ Article VI of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
effect	creation of Indian reservations ⓘ forced removal of Native peoples ⓘ loss of Indigenous land tenure ⓘ recognition of limited tribal sovereignty ⓘ
endTime	late 19th century ⓘ
enforcedBy	United States Congress ⓘ executive branch of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States executive branch
followedBy	allotment policy under the Dawes Act ⓘ policy of Native American assimilation ⓘ
hasPart	Fort Bridger Treaty (1868) ⓘ Treaty of Camp Holmes ⓘ Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ Treaty of Chicago ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Chicago (1833) Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek ⓘ Treaty of Fort Atkinson (1853) ⓘ Treaty of Fort Clark (1808) ⓘ Treaty of Fort Harmar ⓘ Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851) Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) Treaty of Fort Pitt (1778) ⓘ Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) ⓘ Treaty of Fort Wise ⓘ Treaty of Greenville ⓘ Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provisions affecting Native peoples ⓘ Treaty of Hellgate ⓘ Treaty of Holston (1791) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Holston Treaty of Hopewell ⓘ Treaty of La Pointe ⓘ Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Medicine Lodge Treaty of Neah Bay ⓘ Treaty of New Echota (1835) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of New Echota Treaty of Payne’s Landing ⓘ Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ Treaty of Point No Point ⓘ Treaty of Prairie du Chien ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Prairie du Chien (various) Treaty of Ruby Valley ⓘ Treaty of St. Louis (1825) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of St. Louis (various) Treaty of Walla Walla (1855) ⓘ Treaty of Washington (various with Native nations) ⓘ
historicalContext	Indian Removal era ⓘ United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: U.S.–Indian Wars reservation era ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States Supreme Court
language	English ⓘ various Native American languages ⓘ
legalStatus	supreme law of the land under the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
location	North America ⓘ
mainSubject	Native American rights ⓘ land cession ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ territorial boundaries ⓘ
relatedLegalDoctrine	reserved rights doctrine ⓘ treaty fishing rights in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ trust responsibility of the United States toward Native American tribes ⓘ
signatory	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government various Native American nations ⓘ
startTime	late 18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Treaty of Fort McIntosh → conflictContext → United States–Native American treaties ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States–Native American relations in the Northwest Territory

Bureau of American Ethnology → notableWork → United States–Native American treaties ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Land Cessions in the United States

Treaty of Chicago → partOf → United States–Native American treaties ⓘ

Treaty of St. Louis (1804) → partOf → United States–Native American treaties ⓘ

Treaty of St. Louis (1825) → partOf → United States–Native American treaties ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Indian treaty system

Dakota War of 1862 → relatedTo → United States–Native American treaties ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States–Dakota relations

Treaty of St. Louis (1816) → topic → United States–Native American treaties ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States–Native American relations