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Indian Treaties of the
1800s
By Mrs. Sue Wallin
What is a Treaty?
a
legal contract
a
binding agreement between two groups
of people
made
most
when the U.S. was being settled
signed in early and mid 1800’s
Treaty of 1825
held
1st
in September at Prairie du Chien
of grand intertribal treaties
defined
helped
laid
Indian land and boundaries
stop wars between Indian tribes
groundwork for future land cessions
Indian Tribes in the
Wisconsin, 1825 & TOday
1825
Today
Treaty of 1837
known
held
1st
as the Pine Tree Treaty
at St. Peter’s Agency in Minnesota
of several treaties that sold land areas
provided
government legal access to the
land for lumbering
secured
hunting and fishing rights
Treaty of 1842
known
held
as the Copper Treaty
in La Pointe on Madeline Island
provided
government legal access to the
land along Lake Superior for mining
copper
secured
hunting and fishing rights
Land Cessions in 1837
and 1842 Treaties
Land Cessions Map