Treaty of Tippecanoe
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The Treaty of Tippecanoe was an early 19th-century agreement in which Native American tribes, including the Bodéwadmi (Potawatomi), ceded lands in the Old Northwest to the United States amid growing U.S. expansion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Treaty of Tippecanoe canonical | 1 |
| Treaty of Vincennes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3872281 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Tippecanoe Context triple: [Bodéwadmi, treatyPartyTo, Treaty of Tippecanoe]
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A.
Treaty of Big Tree
The Treaty of Big Tree was an 1797 agreement in which the Seneca Nation ceded most of its remaining lands in western New York to the United States, profoundly reshaping their territory and future.
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B.
Treaty of La Pointe
The Treaty of La Pointe was an 1854 agreement between the United States and Ojibwe (Chippewa) bands that ceded large areas of land in the Lake Superior region while establishing reservations and defining ongoing rights for the Ojibwe people.
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C.
Treaty of Fort Meigs
The Treaty of Fort Meigs was an 1817 agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes, including the Shawnee, that ceded large tracts of Indigenous land in the Northwest Territory to the U.S. government.
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D.
Treaty of Prairie du Chien
The Treaty of Prairie du Chien was a series of early 19th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations in the Upper Midwest that redefined tribal boundaries and ceded large areas of Indigenous land to the U.S. government.
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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: Treaty of Tippecanoe Target entity description: The Treaty of Tippecanoe was an early 19th-century agreement in which Native American tribes, including the Bodéwadmi (Potawatomi), ceded lands in the Old Northwest to the United States amid growing U.S. expansion.
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A.
Treaty of Big Tree
The Treaty of Big Tree was an 1797 agreement in which the Seneca Nation ceded most of its remaining lands in western New York to the United States, profoundly reshaping their territory and future.
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B.
Treaty of La Pointe
The Treaty of La Pointe was an 1854 agreement between the United States and Ojibwe (Chippewa) bands that ceded large areas of land in the Lake Superior region while establishing reservations and defining ongoing rights for the Ojibwe people.
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C.
Treaty of Fort Meigs
The Treaty of Fort Meigs was an 1817 agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes, including the Shawnee, that ceded large tracts of Indigenous land in the Northwest Territory to the U.S. government.
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D.
Treaty of Prairie du Chien
The Treaty of Prairie du Chien was a series of early 19th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations in the Upper Midwest that redefined tribal boundaries and ceded large areas of Indigenous land to the U.S. government.
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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 (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
land cession agreement
ⓘ
treaty ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Old Northwest Territory
ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest Territory
|
| conflictContext | United States expansion into Native American territories ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| ethnicGroupInvolved |
Native Americans
ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
cession of Native American lands to the United States
ⓘ
reduction of Native American territorial control in the Old Northwest ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early United States republic era ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | bilateral treaty ⓘ |
| location | Old Northwest ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
U.S. westward expansion
ⓘ
land cession ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Tippecanoe region ⓘ |
| partOf |
Old Northwest land cession treaties
ⓘ
linked to:
United States–Native American treaties
United States–Native American treaties ⓘ |
| party |
Potawatomi
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
other Native American tribes ⓘ |
| pointInTime | early 19th century ⓘ |
| purpose | to formalize the transfer of Native American lands to the United States ⓘ |
| signatory |
Bodéwadmi
ⓘ
Native American tribes ⓘ Potawatomi ⓘ United States government ⓘ |
| significantFor |
history of U.S.–Native American relations
ⓘ
history of the Old Northwest ⓘ process of U.S. territorial expansion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Treaty of Tippecanoe Description of subject: The Treaty of Tippecanoe was an early 19th-century agreement in which Native American tribes, including the Bodéwadmi (Potawatomi), ceded lands in the Old Northwest to the United States amid growing U.S. expansion.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Treaty of Tippecanoe