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

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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