Treaty of 1855

E295998

United States–Native American treaty bilateral agreement treaty

The Treaty of 1855 was an agreement between the United States and the Nez Perce that established a reservation and recognized certain tribal rights while ceding large areas of the tribe’s traditional lands.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of 1855 canonical	3
Treaty of 1855 (Lame Bull Treaty)	1
Treaty of 1855 with the United States	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2742126 — 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 1855
Context triple: [Nez Perce, treaty, Treaty of 1855]

A. Treaty of Lewistown
The Treaty of Lewistown was an early 19th-century agreement in which the Shawnee ceded lands in Ohio to the United States, contributing to their displacement from the region.
B. Oregon Treaty of 1846
The Oregon Treaty of 1846 was an agreement between the United States and Great Britain that peacefully settled their competing claims in the Pacific Northwest by establishing the 49th parallel as the boundary west of the Rocky Mountains.
C. Treaty of 1854
The Treaty of 1854 was a U.S. government agreement that ceded most of the Omaha people's ancestral lands in present-day Nebraska in exchange for a reservation and other promised provisions.
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 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.
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 1855
Target entity description: The Treaty of 1855 was an agreement between the United States and the Nez Perce that established a reservation and recognized certain tribal rights while ceding large areas of the tribe’s traditional lands.

A. Treaty of Lewistown
The Treaty of Lewistown was an early 19th-century agreement in which the Shawnee ceded lands in Ohio to the United States, contributing to their displacement from the region.
B. Oregon Treaty of 1846
The Oregon Treaty of 1846 was an agreement between the United States and Great Britain that peacefully settled their competing claims in the Pacific Northwest by establishing the 49th parallel as the boundary west of the Rocky Mountains.
C. Treaty of 1854
The Treaty of 1854 was a U.S. government agreement that ceded most of the Omaha people's ancestral lands in present-day Nebraska in exchange for a reservation and other promised provisions.
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 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States–Native American treaty ⓘ bilateral agreement ⓘ treaty ⓘ
appliesTo	Nez Perce people ⓘ linked to: Nez Perce
category	Nez Perce history ⓘ Treaties between the United States and Native American tribes ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
effect	ceded large areas of Nez Perce traditional lands to the United States ⓘ established a Nez Perce reservation ⓘ linked to: Nez Perce Reservation recognized certain Nez Perce tribal rights ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Nez Perce Reservation ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalForm	ratified treaty ⓘ
legalStatus	binding agreement under United States law ⓘ
mainSubject	Nez Perce land cession ⓘ Nez Perce reservation ⓘ linked to: Nez Perce Reservation tribal rights ⓘ
party	Nez Perce Tribe ⓘ linked to: Nez Perce United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
recognizedRight	certain tribal self-governance rights ⓘ continued exercise of some off-reservation rights ⓘ use of some traditional lands and resources ⓘ
relatedTo	Nez Perce traditional lands ⓘ United States Indian policy ⓘ subsequent Nez Perce treaties and agreements ⓘ
result	reduction of Nez Perce traditional territory ⓘ
signatory	Nez Perce ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
topic	hunting and fishing rights ⓘ land cession ⓘ reservation boundaries ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Nez Perce → treaty → Treaty of 1855 ⓘ

Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana → establishedBy → Treaty of 1855 (Lame Bull Treaty) ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of 1855

Nimiipuu → treaty → Treaty of 1855 ⓘ

Treaty of 1863 → follows → Treaty of 1855 ⓘ

Old Joseph → signed → Treaty of 1855 with the United States ⓘ