Treaty of Point Elliott

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The Treaty of Point Elliott was an 1855 agreement in Washington Territory in which several Coast Salish tribes ceded large portions of their ancestral lands to the United States in exchange for reservations, fishing rights, and other guarantees.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States–Native American treaty
legal instrument
treaty
alsoKnownAs Point Elliott Treaty
Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855
appliesTo Puget Sound region
Washington Territory
country United States
createdReservation Lummi Reservation
Other reservations in Washington Territory
Port Madison Reservation
Swinomish Reservation
Tulalip Reservation
dateSigned 1855-01-22
effect ceded large portions of Coast Salish ancestral lands to the United States
governingLaw United States federal law
guaranteedRight annuities and other payments
education and other services
gathering rights
hunting rights
off-reservation fishing rights at usual and accustomed grounds
reservation lands for signatory tribes
hasOngoingLegalSignificance true
historicalRegion Coast Salish territory
linked to: Coast Salish region
language English
locationSigned Mukilteo, Washington
linked to: Mukilteo

Point Elliott, Washington Territory
purpose establishment of Indian reservations
land cession
recognition of fishing rights
regulation of relations between the United States and Coast Salish tribes
recognizedTribe Lummi Nation
Suquamish Tribe
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Tulalip Tribes
relatedTo Treaty of Medicine Creek
Treaty of Neah Bay
Treaty of Point No Point
signatory Duwamish
Lummi
Other Coast Salish tribes
Skagit
linked to: Upper Skagit

Snohomish
Snoqualmie
Stillaguamish
Suquamish
Swinomish
United States of America
signatoryRepresentative Isaac I. Stevens
signatoryRepresentativeOf United States of America
subjectMatter fishing and resource rights
land cession and sovereignty
tribal–federal relations
usedIn United States federal Indian law cases
yearSigned 1855

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United States–Native American treaties hasPart Treaty of Point Elliott
Suquamish treatyParty Treaty of Point Elliott
Duwamish people treatySignatoryOf Treaty of Point Elliott
Duwamish signedTreaty Treaty of Point Elliott
Lummi Nation partyTo Treaty of Point Elliott
Tulalip Tribes signatoryTo Treaty of Point Elliott
Snohomish people treaty Treaty of Point Elliott
Land of the Suquamish Tribe associatedWithTreaty Treaty of Point Elliott
Suquamish people treaty Treaty of Point Elliott
Treaty of Point Elliott alsoKnownAs Point Elliott Treaty
linked to: Treaty of Point Elliott
Treaty of Point Elliott alsoKnownAs Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855
linked to: Treaty of Point Elliott
Snoqualmie people treatyHistory Treaty of Point Elliott