Treaty of Point Elliott

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United States–Native American treaty legal instrument treaty

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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Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Point Elliott canonical	17
Point Elliott Treaty	1
Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2796538 — 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 Point Elliott
Context triple: [United States–Native American treaties, hasPart, Treaty of Point Elliott]

A. Treaty of 1855
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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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 Point Elliott
Target entity description: 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.

A. Treaty of 1855
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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States–Native American treaty ⓘ legal instrument ⓘ treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Point Elliott Treaty ⓘ linked to: Treaty of Point Elliott Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855 ⓘ linked to: Treaty of Point Elliott
appliesTo	Puget Sound region ⓘ Washington Territory ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
createdReservation	Lummi Reservation ⓘ Other reservations in Washington Territory ⓘ Port Madison Reservation ⓘ Swinomish Reservation ⓘ linked to: Swinomish Indian Tribal Community reservation Tulalip Reservation ⓘ linked to: Tulalip Indian 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 ⓘ linked to: Swinomish Indian Tribal Community reservation 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 ⓘ linked to: Swinomish Indian Tribal Community reservation United States of America ⓘ
signatoryRepresentative	Isaac I. Stevens ⓘ linked to: Isaac Ingalls 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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Referenced by (19)

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

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 ⓘ

United States v. Washington → basedOn → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Isaac Ingalls Stevens → treatyNegotiated → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Chemakum people → signatoryTo → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Duwamish Tribe → treaty → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Suquamish Tribe → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Suquamish Tribe reservation lands → relatedToTreaty → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

Duwamish community in Seattle → associatedWithTreaty → Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ

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