Dakota Land Treaty Treaty

The US Government treated the Dakota unfairly and poorly. The indian agents tricked the Dakota into signing the treaties, that stated that they will get money and goods. The Dakota were threatened to sign the treaties. The money from the Dakota were given to the US Government, thinking that they’ll get money back. The US Government never did, leaving the Indians poor and upset. After being tricked, the Dakota were put into reservations. Dakota people were living in prison like “homes” where they were shortened on their needs. Living in reservations, the Dakota were starving to death, although the Indian agents didn’t care. The Dakota were forced to leave their culture behind and become like white settlers.

Despite that, the United States government told the Indians that they would not invade their lands. They soon heard that the Indians had fertile land and decided to allow settlers to move west. “After hearing tales of fertile land and a great mineral wealth in the West, the government soon broke their promises established in the Treaty of Fort Laramie by allowing thousands of non-Indians to flood into the area.”. (Victoriana) To make more land available to the settlers the government had to make reservations that would separate the Indians from the whites. In exchange for the Indians moving to

As Document I shows Native Americans were being cheated out of their land, actually most of their land was being sold. In 1887, the Dawes Severalty Act was passed by congress. The Dawes act divided small plots for each family. But the farmers got their fill as well. On the reservation there were another 90 million acres which were fertile and was often sold to white settlers. As Native American lands went down White settlers land increased. As shown in Document B. Land trades and began to pop up all around the country.

The Treaty of Echota gave up all the indian land east of the Mississippi for 5 million dollars. The Cherokee would receive land in the Indian Territory. They were also promised things they would lose including livestock, tools, and other

The Treaty of 1868 was between the Navajo and United Stated that was signed in to law in the late 19th century. Navajo leaders made an agreement for peace and friendship, reservation boundaries, education, land development and ownership. It allowed the

One tribe, the Shoshone, were promised “everything necessary to comfortable living” in exchange for fulfilling their side of the Indian Removal act [Document 8]. They remained civil even when adjusting from originally thriving in “every foot of what you proudly call America” to being “content with the little patch allowed”. They were originally promised seed, farming tools, food, and cattle during the arrangement, but the United States did not carry out their side of the bargain; killing their game, stealing their furs, and using the Shoshone meadows to feed their

In this treaty, they repealed all previous agreements and called for the Choctaw to relocate to what is now Oklahoma. However, if they didn’t wish to leave they could accept a piece of land and stay in Mississippi, but at the cost of losing their Choctaw identity and becoming a U.S. citizen. The first removal started in October of 1831 when four thousand Choctaw were lead by wagon or foot to steamboats. The river journey was shortened due to weather and bad planning however, causing the natives to walk much farther than planned. Most of the first wave did not arrive at their destination. The second was even worse. Due to cost overruns with the first wave, these five hundred fifty natives were required to walk most of the way, with less rations. They were also encountered a cholera outbreak en route. After hearing about the troubles of the first two treks, only about eight hundred Choctaws showed up for the third and final journey. This trail went relatively smoothly. Corrupt officials cheated the many of Choctaw that remained out of their promised land and in 1842 the Federal government was forced to intervene. The Choctaw were reimbursed, but only if the located to reserves in modern day

If their chief sign a treaty they have to commit a promise that they are moving from their land. Some of the chief agree to move so nobody of their people get killed. The Cherokee leaders sign a treaty to move so the cherokees have to leave from their land and nobody won’t be harm.

In 1832, the Indians signed a treaty which stated that the federal government would provide them with suitable western land and would protect them until they moved. But, with the onslaught of white settlers, the War Department backed down on it’s promise (pbs.org). Also in 1833, a small faction of the Cherokee were tricked to sign an illegal removal treaty, also known as the “Treaty of New Echota.” Led by Chief John Ross, over 15,000 Cherokees signed a petition in protest of this new treaty, but the Supreme court ignores their demands and instead ratified the treaty in 1836 (pbs.org). In all, the Indians shouldn’t have been forced to move since the Americans had cheated them in treaties and trades many times

In the article by Jack Andrews, it states, “It set aside more than 70,000 square miles of land in Louisiana Territory for Indians. This is bigger than the entire state of Georgia, It is estimated that there are no more than 50,000 Indians in the southwest, which represents more than one square mile per person. And, it is good land, on the banks of two major rivers that join the Mississippi River.” This quote explains that the territory is large, fertile, and has enough room for the next Indian generations. Also, the article says, “Not only were they given the land in Indian Territory for free, but they were also given $5 million.”

The Native Americans lost most of their land from 1850-1870. (Doc 1) In 1868, a discussion took place at Fort Laramie, which is now present day Wyoming. This resulted in a treaty which gave tribes an abnormally large reservation in the Black Hills of South Dakota. (Doc 3) Soon after, white prospectors found gold in the Black Hills.

This treaty was an agreement between the two parties in which the Natives ceded over 2.1 million acres of land by Lake Huron in exchange for a perpetual annuity of 1, 100 pounds. This left the Natives with Ipperwash point, divided into four sections for each existing native clan. The treaty, grossly favoring the British, was going smoothly until the 1790’s, when new European settles decided to expand into and occupy land on Ipperwash territory. There was much agitation between the two groups, but had no real consequences until the 1900s, when European settles voted to have the Ipperwash land, once again, reduced to only 50 acres for all four sanctions. In addition to this, Native Americans were encroaching on Ipperwash territory; the government was encouraging the two groups to combine into one large group. They were often considered as such by the British government, but the two groups resented each other and refused to cohabitate. Though there are no specific dates documenting fights because of these situations, it was causing obvious friction between all ethnic

The entire treaty that was signed with the Utes had land and protection signed in the treaty and they signed to amend by the United States. It had involved 7 bands of Utes. It had many rules to follow by and they all agreed, at some point the government would eventually want the land that they had signed over and would need it back to slowly expand the United States. With the government taking land forcefully, it ultimately leads to The Trail of Tears. That involved the Indian removal policy, the Cherokee were the group that was removed by Andrew Jackson. The natives were forced to give up their land in Mississippi and were made to live in present-day Oklahoma and the travel was devastating. With over 4,000 dying when 15,000 had traveled, it was a devastating loss for the Indians after what they had to go

One thing that it looks at is land allotments that the Indians would receive for moving west. Many of the Indians would receive “320 acres if it was a single family selling or 640 acres to ninety chiefs in the Creek nation” . Many Native Americans took the agreement for these lands that were west of the Mississippi. But soon trouble started. Some of the land companies forced Indians to sell their land even if the Indians didn’t want to move west. Other companies would pay Indians to pretend they were someone else so the companies could claim the land of an Indian who didn’t want to move. Sometimes white settlers would come onto the land they had bought before the actually time they were allotted. During this process many people were cheated out of their land and received very little compensation for their moving west

The article that I read was about the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. One of things that seem crazy to me was how much land the Native Americans actually gave up. According to the article, the size of the reservation went from around twelve million to roughly six hundred thousand. This seems crazy to me that they would give up that much land for not that much contribution. The article does talk about how the native Americans were given money for them moving the border lines in 1886. They were given $80,000 annually for ten years. One other thing that seems crazy to me is the loyalty of the tribe during this period. The article discusses that the Three Tribes might have been so loyal because they didn’t have the numbers to lash out against