During the first half of the 19th century, several treaties were concluded between the

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and the Native American tribe of the Potawatomi. These treaties concerned the

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of lands by the tribe, and were part of a large-scale effort by the United States government to purchase and thereby extinguish their claims in the Northwest Territory and the Southeast, and to remove all such indigenous peoples to lands west of the

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Treaties

Treaty of Fort Harmar The Treaty of Fort Harmar (1789) was an agreement between the United States government and numerous Native American tribes with claims to the Northwest Territory. History The Treaty of Fort Harmar was signed at Fort Harmar, near present-day ...

(1789) - Wyandot, etc. *

Treaty of Greenville The Treaty of Greenville, formally titled Treaty with the Wyandots, etc., was a 1795 treaty between the United States and indigenous nations of the Northwest Territory (now Midwestern United States), including the Wyandot and Delaware peoples ...

(1795) - Wyandot, etc.: lands south and east of a line from Cuyahoga River to Portage, west to Fort Recovery, southwest to the Ohio across from the mouth of the Kentucky River (near Madison, Indiana) - tribes (11); Potawatomi, Shawnee, Delaware, MiamiThe band Affiliation of Potawatomi Treaty Signatories, Dr. David A. Baerreis, The Ohio Valley-Great Lakes Ethnohisotry Archives, Blenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology. * Treaty of Fort Wayne (1803) - Delawares, etc.: lands around Vincennes, Indiana -tribes: Miami *

Treaty of Vincennes The Treaty of Vincennes is the name of two separate treaties. One was an agreement between the United States of America and the Miami and their allies, the Wea tribes and the Shawnee, and was signed on June 6, 1803. The purpose of the treaty w ...

(1804) - lands along the Ohio River north to the Fort Wayne (1803) treaty boundary. North boundary, line from the Falls of the Ohio to Vincennes. - tribes: Delaware, Piankashaw *

Treaty of Fort Industry The Treaty of Fort Industry was a successor treaty to the Treaty of Greenville, which moved the eastern boundary of Indian lands in northern Ohio from the Tuscarawas River and Cuyahoga River westward to a line 120 miles west of the Pennsylvania ...

(1805) - Wyandot, etc. *

Treaty of Grouseland The Treaty of Grouseland was an agreement negotiated by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory on behalf of the government of the United States of America with Native American leaders, including Little Turtle and Buckongahelas, ...

(1805) - Delawares, etc.: lands south of a line from the northeast corner of the Fort Wayne (1803) treaty east to the Greenville line near Brookville, Indiana. - tribes: Miami, Delaware, Piankashaw, Potawatomi *

Treaty of Detroit The Treaty of Detroit was a treaty between the United States and the Ottawa, Chippewa, Wyandot and Potawatomi Native American nations. The treaty was signed in Detroit, Michigan on November 17, 1807, with William Hull, governor of the Mich ...

(1807) - Council of Three Fires, etc.{{cite web , url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/2746/ , title = Treaty Between the Ottawa, Chippewa, Wyandot, and Potawatomi Indians , website =

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Treaty of Brownstown The Treaty of Brownstown was between the United States and the Council of Three Fires ( Chippewa, Ottawa, Potawatomi), Wyandott, and Shawanoese Indian Nations. It was concluded November 25, 1808, at Brownstown in Michigan Territory, and p ...

(1808) - Council of Three Fires, etc. * Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) - Delawares, etc.: lands from the East Fork of the White River (nr Seymour) on the Grouseland (1805) boundary west to a point near Danville, Illinois. - tribes: Potawatomi, Delaware, Miami * Treaty of Fort Wayne (Supplementary) (1809): lands west of the Greenville Line from the Grouseland (1805) line near Napoleon, Indiana, northeast to the W. Fork of the White River east of Muncie, then northeast to Fort Recovery. see above *

(1814): lands, none - peace, end battles from War of 1812. - tribes: Wyandot, Delaware, Shawnee, Seneca, Miami, Potawatomi *

Treaty of Spring Wells The Treaty of Spring Wells was an agreement between the United States and the Wyandot, Delaware, Seneca, Shawnee, Miami, Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi Native Americans, ending the conflict between the U.S. and these Native Americans that wa ...

(1815) - Council of Three Fires, etc.: official end of the War of 1812 * Treaty of St. Louis (1816) - Council of Three Fires, etc. *

Treaty of Miami Rapid The Treaty of Fort Meigs, also called the Treaty of the Maumee Rapids, formally titled, "Treaty with the Wyandots, etc., 1817", was the most significant Indian treaty by the United States in Ohio since the Treaty of Greenville in 1795. It resulte ...

s (1817) - Council of Three Fires, etc.: lands; south of the Maumee to the portage *

Treaty of St. Mary's The Treaty of St. Mary's may refer to one of six treaties concluded in fall of 1818 between the United States and Natives of central Indiana regarding purchase of Native land. The treaties were *Treaty with the Wyandot, etc. *Treaty with the Wy ...

(09/1818) - Council of Three Fires, etc.: New Purchase (1818) -lands, all of central Indiana south of the Wabash, except the Great Miami Reservation (see #9 & #10 below) to the Tippecanoe River. West of the Tippecanoe below a line from Buffalo (east of Monon) to a point near Danville, Illinois. - grants: Josetta Beaubien, Anotoine Bondie, Peter Labadie, Francois Lafontaine, Peter Langlois, Joseph Richardville, and Antoine Rivarre *

Treaty of L'Arbre Croche and Michilimackinac A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement between actors in international law. It is usually made by and between sovereign states, but can include international organizations, individuals, business entities, and other legal perso ...

(1820) - Council of Three Fires *

1821 Treaty of Chicago The Treaty of Chicago may refer to either of two treaties made and signed in the settlement that became Chicago, Illinois between the United States and the Odaawaa (anglicized Ottawa), Ojibwe (anglicized Chippewa), and Bodéwadmi (anglicized ...

- Council of Three Fires: lands, north of a line north of the southern tip of Lake Michigan (Indian Boundary), and east of a line running north of the south bend of the St. Joseph River *

First Treaty of Prairie du Chien The Treaty of Prairie du Chien may refer to any of several treaties made and signed in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin between the United States, representatives from the Sioux, Sac and Fox, Menominee, Ioway, Winnebago and the Anishinaabeg ( Chipp ...

(1825) - Sioux, etc. *Treaty of Green Bay (1828) - Winnebago, etc. *

Second Treaty of Prairie du Chien The Treaty of Prairie du Chien may refer to any of several treaties made and signed in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin between the United States, representatives from the Sioux, Sac and Fox, Menominee, Ioway, Winnebago and the Anishinaabeg ( Chippe ...

(1829) - Council of Three Fires *

1833 Treaty of Chicago The 1833 Treaty of Chicago struck an agreement between the United States government that required the Chippewa Odawa, and Potawatomi tribes cede to the United States government their of land (including reservations) in Illinois, the Wiscon ...

(1833) - Council of Three Fires Each of the following treaties is commonly referred to as the Treaty with the Potawatomi, though it was the official title of none of them. *

Treaty of Portage des Sioux The Treaties of Portage des Sioux were a series of treaties at Portage des Sioux, Missouri in 1815 that officially were supposed to mark the end of conflicts between the United States and Native Americans at the conclusion of the War of 1812. A ...

(1815) *

(10/1818) *

Treaty of Mississinewa The Treaty of Mississinewas or the Treaty of Mississinewa also called Treaty of the Wabash is an 1826 treaty between the United States and the Miami and Potawatomi Tribes regarding purchase of Indian lands in Indiana and Michigan. The signing was ...

(1826): lands, north of the Wabash and south of a line along the St. Joseph River (of Fort Wayne) to the portage to the Eel River, along the Eel to a point near Denver, west to the Tippecanoe River. - tribes: Miami, Potowatomi -grants: 106 (20 Miami, ?? Potowatomi) *

(1826): lands, north of a line at the southern tip of Lake Michigan (Indian Boundary Road) to its junction with the Chicago (1821) treaty line. Treaty of Carey Mission (1828) -lands, south of the Chicago (1821) treaty line to a line near S.R. 6 (La Paz-Syracuse) then southeast to the Eel River near Columbia City * Treaty of St. Joseph (1827) * Treaty of St. Joseph (1828) *

Treaty of Tippecanoe The Treaty of Tippecanoe was an agreement between the United States government and Native American Potawatomi tribes in Indiana on October 26, 1832. Treaty On October 26, 1832, the United States government entered negotiations with the Native ...

(10/20/1832): lands, north western Indiana, west of a line running south from South Bend *

(10/26/1832):

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lands *

(10/27/1832): lands, north central Indiana, except the Miami National Reservation * Treaty of Maxeeniekuekee (1834) *

(1834) * Treaty of Potawattimie Mills (1834) * Treaty of Wabash (1834): lands, western third of the Miami National Reservation. Wabash River on the north from Logansport to New Waverly and directly south to a line from Frankfort to west of Tipton. -tribes: Miami *

Treaty of Logansport A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement between actors in international law. It is usually made by and between sovereign states, but can include international organizations, individuals, business entities, and other legal pers ...

(1834) * Treaty of Turkey Creek Prairie (1836) *

(03/1836) *

(04/1836) *

(04/22/1836 a) *

(04/22/1836 b) *

Treaty of Yellow River Indian removals in Indiana followed a series of the land cession treaties made between 1795 and 1846 that led to the removal of most of the native tribes from Indiana. Some of the removals occurred prior to 1830, but most took place between 1830 ...

(1836) * Treaty of Chippewanaung (09/20/1836) * Treaty of Chippewanaung (09/22/1836) * Treaty of Chippewanaung (09/23/1836) * Treaty of Washington (1837) * Treaty of Wabash (1840): lands, extinguished the Miami National Reservation. -lands, eastern two-thirds of the Big Miami Reservation. Wabash River on the north from New Waverly to the mouth of the Salamonie River, south to a line from west of Tipton to a point in southern Grant County *

Treaty of Potawatomi Creek A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement between actors in international law. It is usually made by and between sovereign states, but can include international organizations, individuals, business entities, and other legal perso ...

(1846) -

Council of Three Fires The Council of Three Fires (in oj, label=Anishinaabe, Niswi-mishkodewinan, also known as the People of the Three Fires; the Three Fires Confederacy; or the United Nations of Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi Indians) is a long-standing Anishina ...

and Potawatomi * Treaty of Shawnee Reserve (1861) *

Treaty of Washington (1866) The Treaty of Washington may refer to: * Treaty of Washington (1805), between the U.S. and the Creek National Council (Muscogee (Creek)) * Treaty of Washington (1824), two Indian nation treaties, between the U.S. and the Sac (Sauk) and Meskwaki ...

* Treaty of Washington (1867)

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*Potawatomi Potawatomi Anishinaabe culture