Treaty of Hellgate

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The Treaty of Hellgate was an 1855 agreement between the United States and several Salish-speaking tribes in the Pacific Northwest that ceded vast Indigenous lands and established the Flathead Indian Reservation in present-day Montana.

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Treaty of Hellgate canonical 2
Treaty of Hell Gate 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral agreement ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
affectedTribalNation Flathead Nation ⓘ
Kootenai people ⓘ
Pend d'Oreille people ⓘ
Salish peoples ⓘ
linked to: W̱SÁNEĆ people
archivedAt U.S. National Archives ⓘ
consequence cession of vast Indigenous lands to the United States ⓘ
relocation of Salish-speaking tribes to reservation lands ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentJurisdiction U.S. state of Montana ⓘ
linked to: Montana
established Flathead Indian Reservation ⓘ
hasSubject hunting and fishing rights ⓘ
reservation boundaries ⓘ
sovereignty ⓘ
historicalRegion Pacific Northwest ⓘ
jurisdiction Washington Territory ⓘ
languageFamilyOfTribes Salishan languages ⓘ
legalDomain federal Indian law ⓘ
public international law ⓘ
legalStatus ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ
location Hellgate, Washington Territory ⓘ
present-day Montana ⓘ
namedAfter Hellgate Canyon ⓘ
negotiatedBy Isaac I. Stevens ⓘ
negotiatorRole Governor of Washington Territory ⓘ
partOf U.S. federal Indian policy in the 19th century ⓘ
purpose establishment of Indian reservation ⓘ
land cession ⓘ
relatedTo Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation ⓘ
Flathead Indian Reservation ⓘ
result creation of the Flathead Indian Reservation ⓘ
signatory Bitterroot Salish ⓘ
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes ⓘ
Kootenai ⓘ
Pend d'Oreille ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
signingDate 1855-07-16 ⓘ
timePeriod mid-19th century ⓘ
topic Indigenous land cession in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
United States–Native American treaties ⓘ
typeOf Native American treaty ⓘ
year 1855 ⓘ

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Flathead (Salish) people → treatyName → Treaty of Hell Gate ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Hellgate
Flathead → signedTreaty → Treaty of Hellgate ⓘ