Treaty of 1837 with the United States

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The Treaty of 1837 with the United States was an agreement in which the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Nation ceded large portions of their ancestral lands in the Upper Midwest to the U.S. government, contributing to their forced removal and displacement.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States–Native American treaty
land cession treaty
treaty
affects Upper Midwest region of the United States NERFINISHED
ancestral lands of the Ho-Chunk Nation
aim to open Indigenous lands for U.S. settlement and development
appliesTo Ho-Chunk people NERFINISHED
Winnebago people NERFINISHED
consequence displacement of Ho-Chunk communities
forced removal of Ho-Chunk people
loss of traditional homelands for the Ho-Chunk Nation
country United States
ethnicGroup Ho-Chunk NERFINISHED
Winnebago
governs transfer of land title from Ho-Chunk Nation to United States
hasEffectOn land rights of the Ho-Chunk Nation
sovereignty of the Ho-Chunk Nation
historicalPeriod 1830s
language English
legalForm bilateral treaty
location Upper Midwest NERFINISHED
present-day Iowa
present-day Minnesota
present-day Wisconsin
mainSubject displacement of Indigenous people
forced removal
land cession
partOf 19th-century U.S.–Native American treaties
United States Indian removal policy era
party Ho-Chunk Nation NERFINISHED
United States
Winnebago Nation
relatedTo Indian removal in the United States
U.S. westward expansion
dispossession of Native American lands
result cession of large portions of Ho-Chunk ancestral lands
increased U.S. control over Upper Midwest lands
signatory Ho-Chunk Nation NERFINISHED
United States government
Winnebago Nation
significantFor history of Native American–U.S. relations
history of the Ho-Chunk Nation
history of the Upper Midwest
topic colonialism in North America
federal–tribal relations in the United States

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ho-Chunk
treatyHistoryIncludes

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