Native American Land and Civil Rights in Wisconsin

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  • Arrival of the French in Wisconsin

    Menominee Indians began relying on goods from the French, like muskets.

  • Treaty of Green Bay (1821)

    In the 1820's Menominee and Ho-Chuck indians agreed to share land with Oneida, Stockbridge, and Brothertown. Menominee thought they were sharing land, instead they signed a treaty to cede three million acres.

  • The Treaty of Prairie Du Chien

    This treaty determined the boundary for each tribe. The hoped by doing this, everyone, both indian and non-indian, would know the claims of all the tribes and it would make land cession easier.

  • The Treaty of Butte des Mortes

    The Winnebago and Menominee confirmed the sale of land to the New York indians.

  • Treaty of 1829

    In this treaty, the Potawatomi and Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) indians ceded land. The indians reserved the right to hunt on the land.

  • Treaty between the United States and the Winnebago Nation (1829)

    After the Winnebago Indians (now known as Ho-Chunk) fought the United States they were required to cede part of their lands.

  • Indian Removal Act

    In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. This law resulted in the forced removal of the Five Civilized Tribes (the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw) from the Southeastern United States to Indian Territory in Oklahoma. Read more at: http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/native_american_rights.php

  • Treaty between The United States and the Winnebago Nation (1832)

    The Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) ceded 2,816,000 acres and were forces to move west of the Mississippi River into Iowa.

  • Treaty of Chicago

    The Potawatomi ceded their remaining land and moved west of the Mississippi River.

  • Treaty of 1836

    Menominee nation ceded four million acres of land.

  • Treaty of 1837

    The Winnebago ceded their remaining lands and were forced to move west of the Mississippi River. They believed they had eight years to move but they only had eight months.

  • Treaty of Buffalo Creek

    Forced all New York Indians living in Wisconsin, like Oneida and Brothertown, to cede most of their land in Wisconsin and all of their land in New York to move to Missouri and Oklahoma.

  • Treaty of 1838

    The Oneida Indians ceded most of their remaining land, which originally belonged to the Menominee. For a time the Oneida were the only Indians who owned land in Wisconsin.

  • Oneida Reservation

    By a treaty in 1838, the Oneida accepted a reservation, and chief Daniel Bread negotiated to ensure that the land was to be held communally by the tribe.

  • Treaty of 1939

    The Stock-Bridge Munsee ceded their remaining land in Wisconsin and were invited to move west of the Mississippi.

  • Treaty of 1848

    Divided up Stock-Bridge Munsee lands among individual Indians.

  • Indian Appropriations Act of 1851

    The Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 authorized the creation of Indian areas in what is now Oklahoma. Native peoples were again forced to move to even smaller parcels of land now called reservations.

  • The Treaty of 1854

    Gave the Menominee 12 sections of land on the Wolf River.

  • Treaty of 1856

    Gave Stockbridge-Munsee Indians land. Each male over 18 received 80 acres of land, single women and children received 40 acres.

  • Dawes Act of 1887

    The Dawes Act of 1887 authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into small pieces for individual Indians. Those who accepted the pieces of land and lived separately from the tribe would be granted United States citizenship.

  • Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

    The major goal was to reverse the traditional goal of forcing Indians to give up their culture, and to strengthen, encourage and perpetuate the tribes and their historic traditions.