Treaty of Point No Point

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The Treaty of Point No Point was an 1855 agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes in the Puget Sound region that ceded tribal lands in exchange for reservations, payments, and fishing rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal agreement
treaty
alsoKnownAs Point No Point Treaty
appliesToPeople Chemakum people
Skokomish people
S’Klallam people
archivedAt National Archives of the United States
ceded tribal lands in the Puget Sound region
country United States
dateSigned 1855-01-26
guaranteed off-reservation fishing rights at usual and accustomed grounds
hasConsequence loss of aboriginal title to traditional lands
ongoing legal disputes over treaty fishing rights
relocation of tribes to reservations
jurisdiction federal Indian law of the United States
languageOfNegotiation Chinook Jargon
legalStatus binding treaty under United States law
locationSigned Kitsap County, Washington NERFINISHED
Point No Point
negotiatedBy Isaac I. Stevens
negotiatorTitle Governor of Washington Territory
partOf Stevens Treaties
provided annuities
fishing rights
gathering rights
hunting rights
monetary payments
reservation lands
ratifiedBy United States Senate
region Puget Sound
relatedToCase United States v. Washington
shortDescription 1855 treaty between the United States and tribes of the Puget Sound region
signatory Chemakum
linked to: Alsea

Skokomish
S’Klallam
United States
state Washington Territory
subject Native American reservations
fishing rights
land cession
sovereignty
yearSigned 1855

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United States–Native American treaties hasPart Treaty of Point No Point
Treaty of Point Elliott relatedTo Treaty of Point No Point
Treaty of Point No Point partOf Stevens Treaties
linked to: Treaty of Point No Point
Treaty of Point No Point alsoKnownAs Point No Point Treaty
linked to: Treaty of Point No Point
Treaty of Medicine Creek partOf Stevens Treaties
linked to: Treaty of Point No Point
Treaty of Walla Walla (1855) partOf Stevens Treaties
linked to: Treaty of Point No Point