Treaty of Canandaigua

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The Treaty of Canandaigua is a 1794 agreement between the United States and the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy that affirmed peace, recognized Haudenosaunee land rights, and established an enduring government-to-government relationship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States–Native American treaty ⓘ
peace treaty ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
affects federal Indian law in the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Canandaigua Treaty of 1794 ⓘ
Pickering Treaty ⓘ
archivedAt United States National Archives ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual Canandaigua Treaty Day observance ⓘ
commemoratedIn Canandaigua, New York ⓘ
countrySignatory Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
creates enduring nation-to-nation relationship between the United States and the Haudenosaunee ⓘ
culturalSignificanceFor Haudenosaunee peoples ⓘ
linked to: Haudenosaunee

United States–Indigenous diplomatic history ⓘ
documentType bilateral treaty ⓘ
establishes peace between the United States and the Six Nations ⓘ
guarantees perpetual annuity payments to the Six Nations ⓘ
hasOngoingObligations United States annuity payments to the Six Nations ⓘ
historicalRegion New York State ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus still recognized as valid by the United States ⓘ
principalUSNegotiator Timothy Pickering ⓘ
providesFor annual distribution of cloth to the Six Nations ⓘ
purpose to affirm peace between the United States and the Six Nations ⓘ
to establish a government-to-government relationship ⓘ
to recognize Haudenosaunee land rights ⓘ
ratifiedBy United States Senate ⓘ
ratifiedIn 1795 ⓘ
recognizes Haudenosaunee sovereignty over certain lands ⓘ
land rights of the Six Nations in New York State ⓘ
relatedConflict Northwest Indian War ⓘ
relatedEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
setsPrecedentFor later United States–Native American treaties ⓘ
signatory Cayuga Nation ⓘ
linked to: Cayuga nation

Haudenosaunee Confederacy ⓘ
Mohawk Nation ⓘ
linked to: Mohawk people

Oneida Indian Nation ⓘ
linked to: Oneida nation

Onondaga Nation ⓘ
linked to: Onondaga nation

Seneca Nation ⓘ
linked to: Seneca nation

Tuscarora Nation ⓘ
signedAt Canandaigua, New York ⓘ
signedBy George Washington ⓘ
signedIn 1794 ⓘ
signedOn 1794-11-11 ⓘ
subject land boundaries of the Six Nations ⓘ
non-interference by the United States in internal Six Nations affairs ⓘ
peaceful coexistence and friendship ⓘ

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United States–Native American treaties → hasPart → Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
Seneca → treaty → Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
Onondaga → treatyHistoryIncludes → Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
Oneida Nation → treatyInvolved → Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
subject linked to: Oneida nation
Onondaga nation → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
Cayuga Nation → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
subject linked to: Cayuga nation
Seneca nation → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
Treaty of Canandaigua → alsoKnownAs → Canandaigua Treaty of 1794 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Canandaigua
Red Jacket → signed → Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
Red Jacket → dateSigned → 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Canandaigua
Cornplanter → signed → Treaty of Canandaigua (1794) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Canandaigua
Treaty of Big Tree → follows → Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
Treaty of Buffalo Creek → relatedTo → Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
Onondaga Reservation → associatedWithTreaty → Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
Haudenosaunee reservations → associatedWith → Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
Pickering Treaty → hasFormalName → Treaty of Canandaigua ⓘ
Pickering Treaty → hasAlternativeName → Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Canandaigua
Pickering Treaty → hasAlternativeName → Canandaigua Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Canandaigua