Treaty with the Spokane, 1887

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agreement between the United States and a Native American tribe treaty

The Treaty with the Spokane, 1887 is a late 19th-century agreement between the United States government and the Spokan people that formalized land cessions and defined reservation boundaries in what is now eastern Washington.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	agreement between the United States and a Native American tribe ⓘ treaty ⓘ
appliesTo	Spokane Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ ceded lands in eastern Washington ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
describedBySource	United States federal Indian law scholarship ⓘ histories of the Spokane Tribe ⓘ studies of Washington State Native treaties ⓘ
ethnicGroupInvolved	Interior Salish peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Spokan people NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	earlier 19th-century U.S.–Spokane agreements ⓘ
hasEffect	created legal framework for U.S. administration of Spokane lands ⓘ defined boundaries of the Spokane Reservation ⓘ established federal authority over reservation lands ⓘ formalized land cessions by the Spokan people ⓘ reduced traditional territory of the Spokan people ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalForm	federal Indian treaty ⓘ
legalStatus	binding agreement under U.S. federal law ⓘ
location	Spokane Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ Spokane River region NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	federal–tribal relations ⓘ land cession ⓘ reservation boundaries ⓘ rights of the Spokane Tribe ⓘ sovereignty and jurisdiction ⓘ
partOf	United States–Native American treaty system NERFINISHED ⓘ
pointInTime	1887 ⓘ
region	Columbia Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Northwest ⓘ
signatory	Spokan people NERFINISHED ⓘ Spokane Tribe of Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ
temporalCoverage	late 19th century ⓘ
topic	Indigenous sovereignty in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ Native American land rights ⓘ U.S. Indian policy in the 19th century ⓘ reservation system in the United States ⓘ

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Spokan people → treaty → Treaty with the Spokane, 1887 ⓘ