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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Treaty of 1836 canonical | 2 |
Statements (28)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.