Treaty of Washington (1836)

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The Treaty of Washington (1836) was an agreement in which the Odawa and Ojibwe peoples ceded vast tracts of land in what is now Michigan to the United States, profoundly reshaping control of the Great Lakes region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf land cession treaty ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
appliesTo Great Lakes region ⓘ
present-day Michigan ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Michigan Territory ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
describedBySource United States federal Indian law scholarship ⓘ
histories of Michigan statehood and expansion ⓘ
effect cession of vast tracts of Odawa and Ojibwe land to the United States ⓘ
expansion of United States control in the Great Lakes region ⓘ
profound reshaping of political control of the Great Lakes region ⓘ
follows earlier United States–Native American treaties in the Great Lakes region ⓘ
genre international agreement ⓘ
hasLegalConsequences ongoing recognition and litigation of treaty-reserved rights in Michigan ⓘ
hasPart provisions affecting hunting and fishing rights ⓘ
provisions for annuities to Native signatories ⓘ
provisions for land cession ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
impact altered Indigenous territorial boundaries in the Upper Great Lakes ⓘ
contributed to long-term legal disputes over treaty rights in Michigan ⓘ
facilitated Euro-American settlement of northern Michigan ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Odawa ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
legalStatus ratified treaty of the United States ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject Indigenous land rights in the Great Lakes region ⓘ
land cession ⓘ
sovereignty transfer ⓘ
partOf United States–Native American treaties ⓘ
relatedTo Treaty of Detroit (1807) ⓘ
Treaty of Washington (1855) ⓘ
United States Indian removal and land cession policies ⓘ
signatory Chippewa ⓘ
Odawa ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
Ottawa ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
significantEvent dispossession of Odawa from ancestral lands ⓘ
dispossession of Ojibwe from ancestral lands ⓘ
significantFor Odawa communities in Michigan ⓘ
Ojibwe communities in Michigan ⓘ
history of the Great Lakes region ⓘ

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Odawa → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Washington (1836) ⓘ
Ottawa people → treatyParty → Treaty of Washington (1836) ⓘ
Treaty of Washington (various with Native nations) → has part → Treaty of Washington (1836) with the Ottawa and Chippewa ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Washington (1836)