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Menominee Indian Treaties
The Menominee have entered into
the following treaties with the United States:
(1) Treaty of peace at St Louis, Mo., Mar. 30, 1817;
(2) Treaty of Prairie du Chien, Wis., Aug. 19, 1825, with the Menominee
and other Indians, fixing boundary lines between the several tribes;
(3) Treaty of Butte des Morts, Wis., Aug. 11, 1827, defining boundary
lines between the Menominee, Chippewa, and Winnebago;
(4) Treaty of Washington, Feb. 8, 1831, defining boundary lines and ceding
lands to the United States, a portion of the latter to be for the use of
certain New York Indians;
(5) Treaty of Washington, Feb. 17, 1831, modifying the treaty of Feb. 8,
1831, in regard to the lands ceded for the use of the New York Indians;
(6) Treaty of Washington, Oct. 27, 1832, in which certain modifications
are made in regard to the lands ceded for the use of the New York Indians
(Stockbridges and Munsee), and to certain boundary lines;
(7) Articles of agreement made at Cedar Point, Wis., Sept. 3, 1836, ceding
certain lands to the United States;
(8) Treaty of Lake Pow-aw-hay-kon-nay, Oct. 18, 1848, ceding all their
lands in Wisconsin, the United States to give them certain lands which had
been ceded by the Chippewa;
(9) Treaty at the Falls of Wolf r., May 12, 1854, by which they, ceded the
reserve set apart by treaty of Oct. 18, 1848, and were assigned a reserve
on Wolf r., Wis.;
(10) Treaty of Keshena, Wis., Feb. 11, 1856, ceding two townships of their
reserve for the use of the. Stockbridges and the Munsee.
The books presented are for their
historical value only and are not the
opinions of the Webmasters of the site.
Handbook
of American Indians, 1906
Index of Tribes or Nations
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