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Treaty regarding Wyandot Removal from Michigan and Ohio to lands west of the Mississippi no later than April 1, 1844.
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This treaty ended the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795) by creating a dividing line through Ohio between Indian Territory and the United States. Also called the Treaty of Greenville.
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A treaty ceding 4.6 million acres in northwestern Ohio, northeastern Indiana, and southern Michigan. The treaty reserved 12 acres near Upper Sandusky, Ohio, for the Wyandot. Also called the Treaty of Maumee Rapids, or the Treaty of Fort Meigs.
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Sovereignty, Our Journey, ReligionSummary
This termination treaty stripped the Wyandot of their nationhood, made them full citizens of the United States, and released the United States from all previous treaties and responsibilities to the Wyandot.
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Sovereignty, Our JourneySummary
Once Removed to Kansas, the Wyandot did not receive the acreage promised by United States and instead purchased land from the Delaware. The U.S. agreed to pay the Wyandot nation $185,000 in compensation for the land.
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Sovereignty, EducationSummary
The Wyandot on the Grand Reserve in Ohio agreed to sell a five-mile strip along the eastern boundary of their reservation as well as other adjacent parcels.
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Sovereignty, Our JourneySummary
A treaty regarding the sale of the Big Spring Reserve in Ohio.
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University of CincinnatiCategory
Sovereignty, Our JourneySummary
TThe Wyandots living in Michigan Territory ceded land encompassing their settlements in the villages Brownstown and Maguagua. They relocated to an equivalent acreage south of the Huron River.
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A treaty clarifying that the lands designated to tribes and individuals in the Treaty of Maumee Rapids (1817) were not granted by the United States; rather they were never ceded in the first place. This treaty also established the Big Spring Reserve.
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SovereigntySummary
This treaty established peace between the United States and tribal nations in the Ohio Valley following the War of 1812. Also called the Treaty of Springwells.
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The second Treaty of Greenville negotiated peace between rival nations and established alliances with the United States against the British in the War of 1812. Also called the Second Treaty of Greenvile.
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A treaty with the Wyandot, Chippewa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Shawnee negotiating for the right of way to construct roads and American settlements between Ohio and Michigan Territory. Also called the Treaty of Brownstown.