Treaty of Neah Bay

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The Treaty of Neah Bay is an 1855 agreement between the United States and the Makah Tribe that secured Makah whaling and fishing rights in exchange for large land cessions on the Olympic Peninsula.

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Treaty of Neah Bay canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century treaty ⓘ
United States–Native American treaty ⓘ
bilateral treaty ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Makah people ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Makah Reservation ⓘ
Olympic Peninsula ⓘ
Washington Territory ⓘ
archivesAt National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
citedIn Makah whaling waiver proceedings before NOAA ⓘ
United States v. Washington ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1855-01-31 ⓘ
fieldOfWork federal Indian law ⓘ
fisheries management ⓘ
whaling regulation ⓘ
governs harvesting of fish by the Makah Tribe ⓘ
harvesting of whales by the Makah Tribe ⓘ
grantsRight off-reservation marine hunting rights ⓘ
right to fish ⓘ
right to take seals ⓘ
right to usual and accustomed fishing grounds ⓘ
right to whale ⓘ
hasEffect establishment of Makah Reservation ⓘ
limitation of Makah land base ⓘ
recognition of Makah sovereign rights to marine resources ⓘ
hasTitle Treaty with the Makah, 1855 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Makah language ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
locationSigned Neah Bay, Washington ⓘ
linked to: Neah Bay

Olympic Peninsula ⓘ
mainSubject Makah fishing rights ⓘ
Makah whaling rights ⓘ
land cession ⓘ
negotiatedBy Isaac I. Stevens ⓘ
negotiatedOnBehalfOf United States government ⓘ
partOf series of Stevens Treaties ⓘ
ratifiedBy United States Senate ⓘ
requires cession of large areas of Makah land ⓘ
relocation to a reservation ⓘ
signatory Makah Indian Nation ⓘ
Makah Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Makah people

United States ⓘ
topic Indigenous treaty rights in the United States ⓘ
Pacific Northwest tribal treaties ⓘ
usedAs legal basis for Makah whaling in the 20th century ⓘ
legal basis for Makah whaling in the 21st century ⓘ
yearSigned 1855 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Makah people → treaty → Treaty of Neah Bay ⓘ
Treaty of Point Elliott → relatedTo → Treaty of Neah Bay ⓘ
United States v. Washington → basedOn → Treaty of Neah Bay ⓘ
Isaac Ingalls Stevens → treatyNegotiated → Treaty of Neah Bay ⓘ
Makah Indian Nation → treaty → Treaty of Neah Bay ⓘ