Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867)

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series of treaties treaty

The Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) was a series of agreements between the U.S. government and several Plains tribes, including the Comanche, that aimed to relocate them to reservations and end hostilities on the Southern Plains.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Medicine Lodge Treaty	3
Treaty of Medicine Lodge	2
Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) canonical	2
Medicine Lodge Creek Treaty	1
Medicine Lodge Treaty (1867)	1
Treaty of 1867 (Indian Territory relocation)	1
Treaty of Washington (1867) with the Kiowa and Comanche	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2300481 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867)
Context triple: [Comanche, treaty, Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867)]

A. Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 was an agreement between the United States and several Lakota Sioux and other Plains tribes that established the Great Sioux Reservation, including the Black Hills, and aimed to end Red Cloud’s War by guaranteeing tribal land rights that were later repeatedly violated.
B. Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851
The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 was a landmark agreement between the United States and several Plains tribes, including the Sioux, that attempted to establish territorial boundaries and ensure safe passage for settlers moving west.
C. Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
D. Treaty of 1837 with the United States
The Treaty of 1837 with the United States was an agreement in which the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Nation ceded large portions of their ancestral lands in the Upper Midwest to the U.S. government, contributing to their forced removal and displacement.
E. Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
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.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867)
Target entity description: The Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) was a series of agreements between the U.S. government and several Plains tribes, including the Comanche, that aimed to relocate them to reservations and end hostilities on the Southern Plains.

A. Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 was an agreement between the United States and several Lakota Sioux and other Plains tribes that established the Great Sioux Reservation, including the Black Hills, and aimed to end Red Cloud’s War by guaranteeing tribal land rights that were later repeatedly violated.
B. Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851
The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 was a landmark agreement between the United States and several Plains tribes, including the Sioux, that attempted to establish territorial boundaries and ensure safe passage for settlers moving west.
C. Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
D. Treaty of 1837 with the United States
The Treaty of 1837 with the United States was an agreement in which the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Nation ceded large portions of their ancestral lands in the Upper Midwest to the U.S. government, contributing to their forced removal and displacement.
E. Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	series of treaties ⓘ treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Medicine Lodge Creek Treaty ⓘ linked to: Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) Medicine Lodge Treaty ⓘ linked to: Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867)
appliesToTerritorialEntity	Southern Plains ⓘ
associatedWithPolicy	U.S. peace policy toward Native Americans in the late 1860s ⓘ
conflictRelatedTo	Red River War ⓘ
consequence	confinement of Southern Plains tribes to reservations ⓘ increased U.S. military enforcement on the Southern Plains ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateSigned	1867 ⓘ
field	Native American history ⓘ history of the American West ⓘ
follows	Treaty of Little Arkansas (1865) ⓘ
hasEffectOn	Comanche land rights ⓘ Kiowa land rights ⓘ Plains Apache land rights ⓘ Southern Arapaho land rights ⓘ Southern Cheyenne land rights ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Reconstruction era ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ
location	Medicine Lodge Creek ⓘ linked to: Cow Creek near present-day Medicine Lodge, Kansas ⓘ
partOf	United States–Indian treaty system ⓘ linked to: United States–Native American treaties
purpose	to end hostilities on the Southern Plains ⓘ to relocate Plains tribes to reservations ⓘ
relatedTo	buffalo hunting on the Southern Plains ⓘ reservation system in Indian Territory ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
signatory	Apache (Plains Apache) ⓘ linked to: Lipan Apache Comanche ⓘ Kiowa ⓘ linked to: Kiowa people Southern Arapaho ⓘ linked to: Arapaho people Southern Cheyenne ⓘ United States government ⓘ
startDate	October 1867 ⓘ
stipulated	cessation of tribal claims to large areas of the Southern Plains ⓘ creation of reservations in Indian Territory ⓘ provision of annuities and supplies to tribes ⓘ restriction of hunting to defined areas and seasons ⓘ
subjectOf	historical studies of U.S.–Native American relations ⓘ
topic	Indian policy of the United States ⓘ Native American–United States treaties ⓘ

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