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Titles
Ratified Indian Treaty 56: Chippewa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Wyandot, and Shawnee - Brownstown, Michigan Territory, November 25, 1808
Other Titles
RIT #56
RIT 56
Ratified Indian Treaty #56
National Archives Identifier
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/161303995
Level of description
File Unit
Creation date
Nov. 25, 1808
Contains
Treaty Between the United States and the Chippewa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Wyandot, and Shawnee Indians Signed at Brownstown, Michigan Territory, with Instrument of Ratification Signed by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison on March 1, 1809
Proclamation Signed by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison
Named Native nations
Chippewa
Ottawa
Potawatomi
Shawnee
Wyandot
Present-day Nations
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan
Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma
Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin
Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan
Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Michigan
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin
Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana
Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma
Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan
Seneca Nation of New York
Seneca-Cayuga Nation, Oklahoma
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma
Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma
Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota
White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
Wyandotte Nation, Oklahoma
Cessions with shared date(s)
70
Signatory
United States of America