Treaty of Mississinewas (1826)

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The Treaty of Mississinewas (1826) was an agreement between the United States and the Miami and other Native American tribes that ceded large tracts of land in Indiana, paving the way for increased American settlement and further displacement of Indigenous peoples.

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Treaty of Mississinewas (1826) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf land cession treaty ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Indiana ⓘ
Mississinewa River region ⓘ
category Treaties involving the United States and Native Americans ⓘ
Treaties related to the history of Indiana ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
effect cession of large tracts of Native American land in Indiana ⓘ
displacement of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
expansion of United States control in Indiana ⓘ
follows earlier United States–Miami treaties ⓘ
hasConsequence loss of tribal land base for Miami and other tribes in Indiana ⓘ
opening of Indiana lands to non-Native settlement ⓘ
hasSubject land rights of Native American tribes in Indiana ⓘ
sovereignty of Miami and other tribes ⓘ
historicalContext U.S. Indian removal and land cession policies ⓘ
United States westward expansion ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Miami-Illinois language ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Indiana Territory (historical region) ⓘ
linked to: Indiana Territory
partOf series of U.S.–Native American treaties in the Old Northwest ⓘ
partyInvolved Miami Nation ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
other Native American tribes in Indiana ⓘ
purpose facilitation of American settlement in Indiana ⓘ
land cession ⓘ
signatory Delaware ⓘ
Kickapoo ⓘ
Miami ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Wea ⓘ

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Miami → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Mississinewas (1826) ⓘ