Pickering Treaty

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The Pickering Treaty, formally known as the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794, is a foundational agreement between the United States and the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy that affirmed peace, land rights, and a lasting government-to-government relationship.

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Pickering Treaty canonical 1
Pickering Treaty of 1794 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal Indian treaty ⓘ
bilateral treaty ⓘ
peace treaty ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
affirms Haudenosaunee land rights ⓘ
peace between the United States and the Haudenosaunee ⓘ
sovereignty of the Haudenosaunee nations ⓘ
affirmsRelationshipType government-to-government relationship ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual commemorations in Canandaigua, New York ⓘ
annual treaty cloth distribution by the United States ⓘ
considered foundational agreement in U.S.–Haudenosaunee relations ⓘ
countryParty Haudenosaunee Confederacy ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
guarantees non-interference by the United States in Haudenosaunee internal affairs ⓘ
recognition of Haudenosaunee territory boundaries ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Canandaigua Treaty ⓘ
Pickering Treaty of 1794 ⓘ
linked to: Pickering Treaty

Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794 ⓘ
hasFormalName Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
historicalContext United States expansion into the Northeast ⓘ
post-American Revolutionary War settlement ⓘ
includesNationParty Cayuga Nation ⓘ
linked to: Cayuga nation

Mohawk Nation ⓘ
linked to: Mohawk people

Oneida Indian Nation ⓘ
linked to: Oneida nation

Onondaga Nation ⓘ
linked to: Onondaga nation

Seneca Nation ⓘ
linked to: Seneca nation

Tuscarora Nation ⓘ
linked to: Tuscarora
language English ⓘ
interpreted into Haudenosaunee languages ⓘ
legalStatus binding under United States law ⓘ
ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ
recognized as still in force by Haudenosaunee nations ⓘ
recognized as still in force by the United States ⓘ
namedAfter Timothy Pickering ⓘ
obligates annual annuity payments by the United States ⓘ
delivery of goods such as cloth and other supplies to the Haudenosaunee ⓘ
peopleParty Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Six Nations ⓘ
principalUSNegotiator Timothy Pickering ⓘ
purpose to define boundaries between U.S. settlers and Haudenosaunee lands ⓘ
to establish peace between the United States and the Six Nations ⓘ
to secure Haudenosaunee neutrality or friendship toward the United States ⓘ
to settle land disputes in New York State ⓘ
region New York State ⓘ
signedAt Canandaigua, New York ⓘ
signedOn 1794-11-11 ⓘ
subjectMatter U.S.–Native American relations ⓘ
land rights ⓘ
peace ⓘ
sovereignty ⓘ
USPresidentInOfficeAtSigning George Washington ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Canandaigua → alsoKnownAs → Pickering Treaty ⓘ
Pickering Treaty → hasAlternativeName → Pickering Treaty of 1794 ⓘ
linked to: Pickering Treaty