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Title: Indian Treaties of the 1800s


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Indian Treaties of the 1800s
  • By Mrs. Sue Wallin

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What is a Treaty?
  • a legal contract
  • a binding agreement between two groups of people
  • made when the U.S. was being settled
  • most signed in early and mid 1800s

3
Treaty of 1825
  • held in September at Prairie du Chien
  • 1st of grand intertribal treaties
  • defined Indian land and boundaries
  • helped stop wars between Indian tribes
  • laid groundwork for future land cessions

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Prairie du Chien 1825
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Indian Tribes in the Wisconsin, 1825
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Treaty of 1837
  • known as the Pine Tree Treaty
  • held at St. Peters Agency in Minnesota
  • 1st of several treaties that sold land areas
  • provided government legal access to the land for
    lumbering
  • secured hunting and fishing rights

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Treaty of 1842
  • known as the Copper Treaty
  • held in La Pointe on Madeline Island
  • provided government legal access to the land
    along Lake Superior for mining copper
  • secured hunting and fishing rights

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Land Cessions in 1837 and 1842 Treaties
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Present Day Indian Reservations in Wisconsin
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