Treaty of Mississinewas (1826)

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land cession treaty treaty

The Treaty of Mississinewas (1826) was an agreement between the United States and the Miami and other Native American tribes that ceded large tracts of land in Indiana, paving the way for increased American settlement and further displacement of Indigenous peoples.

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Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Mississinewas (1826) canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	land cession treaty ⓘ treaty ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississinewa River region NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Treaties involving the United States and Native Americans ⓘ Treaties related to the history of Indiana ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
effect	cession of large tracts of Native American land in Indiana ⓘ displacement of Indigenous peoples ⓘ expansion of United States control in Indiana ⓘ
follows	earlier United States–Miami treaties ⓘ
hasConsequence	loss of tribal land base for Miami and other tribes in Indiana ⓘ opening of Indiana lands to non-Native settlement ⓘ
hasSubject	land rights of Native American tribes in Indiana ⓘ sovereignty of Miami and other tribes ⓘ
historicalContext	U.S. Indian removal and land cession policies ⓘ United States westward expansion ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Miami-Illinois language NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Indiana Territory (historical region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	series of U.S.–Native American treaties in the Old Northwest ⓘ
partyInvolved	Miami Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ other Native American tribes in Indiana ⓘ
purpose	facilitation of American settlement in Indiana ⓘ land cession ⓘ
signatory	Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ Kickapoo NERFINISHED ⓘ Miami NERFINISHED ⓘ Potawatomi NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Wea NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Miami → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Mississinewas (1826) ⓘ