Fort Bridger Treaty (1868)

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bilateral agreement treaty

The Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868 was an agreement between the United States and the Eastern Shoshone and Bannock tribes that established reservation lands and defined rights and obligations in what is now Wyoming.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868	3
Treaty of Fort Bridger (1868)	3
Fort Bridger Treaty (1868) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2796542 — 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.

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Target entity: Fort Bridger Treaty (1868)
Context triple: [United States–Native American treaties, hasPart, Fort Bridger Treaty (1868)]

A. Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 was an agreement between the United States and several Lakota Sioux and other Plains tribes that established the Great Sioux Reservation, including the Black Hills, and aimed to end Red Cloud’s War by guaranteeing tribal land rights that were later repeatedly violated.
B. Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851
The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 was a landmark agreement between the United States and several Plains tribes, including the Sioux, that attempted to establish territorial boundaries and ensure safe passage for settlers moving west.
C. Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867)
The Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) was a series of agreements between the U.S. government and several Plains tribes, including the Comanche, that aimed to relocate them to reservations and end hostilities on the Southern Plains.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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: Fort Bridger Treaty (1868)
Target entity description: The Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868 was an agreement between the United States and the Eastern Shoshone and Bannock tribes that established reservation lands and defined rights and obligations in what is now Wyoming.

A. Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 was an agreement between the United States and several Lakota Sioux and other Plains tribes that established the Great Sioux Reservation, including the Black Hills, and aimed to end Red Cloud’s War by guaranteeing tribal land rights that were later repeatedly violated.
B. Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851
The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 was a landmark agreement between the United States and several Plains tribes, including the Sioux, that attempted to establish territorial boundaries and ensure safe passage for settlers moving west.
C. Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867)
The Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867) was a series of agreements between the U.S. government and several Plains tribes, including the Comanche, that aimed to relocate them to reservations and end hostilities on the Southern Plains.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral agreement ⓘ treaty ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Wyoming Territory ⓘ
archivedIn	National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
category	Treaties between the United States and Native American tribes ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
definedRightsOf	Bannock ⓘ Eastern Shoshone ⓘ
established	Wind River Reservation ⓘ linked to: Wind River Indian Reservation
governsRelationshipBetween	Bannock Tribe ⓘ linked to: Bannock people Eastern Shoshone Tribe ⓘ United States government ⓘ
hasEffectOn	land rights in Wyoming ⓘ sovereignty of Eastern Shoshone ⓘ linked to: Eastern Shoshone tribal hunting rights ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal Indian law ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalDomain	Native American law ⓘ United States constitutional law ⓘ public international law ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified treaty ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Wyoming ⓘ
obligated	United States Indian agent ⓘ provision of clothing ⓘ provision of livestock ⓘ provision of rations ⓘ provision of tools ⓘ
partyTo	Bannock ⓘ Eastern Shoshone ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
predecessor	Fort Bridger Treaty (1863) ⓘ linked to: Treaty of Fort Bridger (1863)
recognizedAs	binding agreement ⓘ
relatedTo	Bannock War ⓘ Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation ⓘ linked to: Eastern Shoshone Tribe United States–Native American treaties ⓘ Wind River Indian Reservation ⓘ
signedAt	Fort Bridger ⓘ linked to: Fort Bridger, Wyoming
signedBy	Bannock ⓘ Eastern Shoshone ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
signedIn	1868 ⓘ
subject	agricultural assistance ⓘ annuities ⓘ education ⓘ fishing rights ⓘ hunting rights ⓘ reservation lands ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ

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