Treaty of Medicine Creek

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The Treaty of Medicine Creek was an 1854 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 provisions.

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Label Occurrences
Treaty of Medicine Creek canonical 14
Medicine Creek Treaty 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States–Native American treaty ⓘ
legal agreement ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
affects Nisqually River region ⓘ
southern Puget Sound area ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Medicine Creek Treaty ⓘ
appliesTo tribal sovereignty over reserved rights ⓘ
cededTo United States government ⓘ
containsClause guarantee of the right of taking fish at usual and accustomed grounds and stations ⓘ
provisions for education and agricultural assistance ⓘ
countryParty United States ⓘ
hasConsequence basis for later federal court cases on tribal fishing rights ⓘ
long-term disputes over land and fishing rights ⓘ
historicalContext United States westward expansion ⓘ
colonization of the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ
locationNow area of present-day Washington State ⓘ
negotiatedBy Isaac I. Stevens ⓘ
partOf Stevens Treaties ⓘ
party Nisqually ⓘ
Puyallup ⓘ
Squaxin Island Tribe ⓘ
Steilacoom ⓘ
other Coast Salish tribes ⓘ
provides annuities ⓘ
fishing rights ⓘ
gathering rights ⓘ
hunting rights ⓘ
other provisions and payments ⓘ
reservation lands ⓘ
purpose to obtain cession of Native American lands for American settlement ⓘ
ratifiedBy United States Senate ⓘ
ratifiedIn 1855 ⓘ
recognized tribal fishing rights off-reservation at usual and accustomed places ⓘ
region Puget Sound ⓘ
resultedIn creation of reservations for signatory tribes ⓘ
large-scale land cession by Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
signatoryRepresentative Isaac I. Stevens ⓘ
signedAt Medicine Creek ⓘ
signedIn Washington Territory ⓘ
signedOn 1854-12-26 ⓘ
subjectOf historical scholarship on U.S.–Native American relations ⓘ
legal analysis of treaty fishing rights ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

United States–Native American treaties → hasPart → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ
Puyallup Tribe → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ
Nisqually people → treaty → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ
Nisqually people → treatySignatoryOf → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ
Puyallup people → treaty → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ
Puyallup people → treatySignatoryTo → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ
Treaty of Point Elliott → relatedTo → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ
Treaty of Medicine Creek → alsoKnownAs → Medicine Creek Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Medicine Creek
United States v. Washington → basedOn → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ
Puyallup Indian Reservation → associatedWithTreaty → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ
Chief Leschi → associatedWith → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ
Puget Sound War → relatedTo → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ
Nisqually Indian Reservation → associatedWithTreaty → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ
Isaac Ingalls Stevens → treatyNegotiated → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ
Nisqually River region → associatedWith → Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ