Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek

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The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was an 1830 agreement that forced the Choctaw Nation to cede their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States and relocate west of the Mississippi River, marking one of the first major removals under the U.S. Indian Removal policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States–Native American treaty ⓘ
legal agreement ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
associatedWith Andrew Jackson administration ⓘ
Trail of Tears ⓘ
category Forced migration in the United States ⓘ
Native American history of Mississippi ⓘ
Treaties of the United States ⓘ
containsProvision land exchange for territory west of the Mississippi River ⓘ
option for some Choctaw to remain and become U.S. citizens ⓘ
promise of protection for Choctaw in new territory ⓘ
countryAtTime United States ⓘ
destinationRegion Indian Territory ⓘ
present-day Oklahoma ⓘ
effectOnPopulation death and hardship during removal ⓘ
followedBy forced migration of Choctaw to Indian Territory ⓘ
historicalSignificance first removal treaty carried into effect under the Indian Removal Act of 1830 ⓘ
key event in the dispossession of Native American lands in the Southeast ⓘ
one of the first major removals under U.S. Indian Removal policy ⓘ
language Choctaw ⓘ
linked to: Choctaw language

English ⓘ
legalBasisFor Choctaw removal ⓘ
transfer of Choctaw land titles to the United States ⓘ
locationAffected Alabama ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana Territory

Mississippi ⓘ
negotiatedBy Choctaw leaders ⓘ
linked to: Choctaw people

U.S. government representatives ⓘ
partOf Indian removal in the United States ⓘ
United States Indian Removal policy ⓘ
party Choctaw people ⓘ
United States ⓘ
peopleAffected Choctaw Nation ⓘ
Choctaw communities in Mississippi ⓘ
policyContext Indian Removal Act of 1830 ⓘ
precededBy earlier U.S.–Choctaw treaties ⓘ
result beginning of mass Choctaw emigration ⓘ
cession of Choctaw ancestral lands in the southeastern United States ⓘ
grant of land in Indian Territory to the Choctaw ⓘ
large-scale displacement of Choctaw people ⓘ
loss of most Choctaw land in Mississippi and Alabama ⓘ
removal of Choctaw Nation west of the Mississippi River ⓘ
signatory Choctaw Nation ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
signedAt Dancing Rabbit Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedInPresentDay Mississippi ⓘ
signedOn 1830-09-27 ⓘ
year 1830 ⓘ

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

Choctaw Nation → treaty → Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek ⓘ
United States–Native American treaties → hasPart → Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek ⓘ
Choctaw people → treaty → Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek ⓘ
Five Civilized Tribes → treaty → Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek ⓘ
subject linked to: “Five Civilized Tribes”
Greenwood LeFlore → notableWork → Negotiation of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Greenwood LeFlore → treaty → Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek ⓘ
Choctaw–United States relations → involvesTreaty → Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (1830) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Choctaw tribal jurisdiction area → associatedWithTreaty → Treaties between the Choctaw Nation and the United States ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Treaty of Doaksville → follows → Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek ⓘ