Treaty of 1836

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The Treaty of 1836 was an agreement in which the Menominee people ceded large portions of their ancestral lands in the Great Lakes region to the United States, significantly reshaping their territorial rights and sovereignty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf treaty
affects Menominee sovereignty
Menominee territorial rights
appliesToEthnicGroup Menominee people NERFINISHED
beneficiary United States government NERFINISHED
consequence consolidation of Menominee onto reduced land base
loss of Menominee control over large tracts of Great Lakes land
country United States of America
surface form: United States
hasEffect cession of large portions of Menominee ancestral lands
diminished Menominee sovereignty
expansion of United States control over Great Lakes lands
reduction of Menominee territorial rights
historicalContext U.S. Indian removal and land acquisition policies
United States westward expansion
historicalPeriod 19th century
language English
legalForm federal treaty of the United States
location Great Lakes region NERFINISHED
partOf United States–Native American treaties NERFINISHED
relatesToTerritory Great Lakes basin NERFINISHED
Menominee ancestral lands
Michigan NERFINISHED
Wisconsin NERFINISHED
signatory Menominee NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
topic Indigenous land rights
Indigenous sovereignty
land cession

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Menominee people treaty Treaty of 1836
Potawatomi Trail of Death cause Treaty of 1836