Medicine Lodge Creek Treaty
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
- Curriculum: American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Texas, Kansas
- Date: October 21, 1867
Article abstract: Tribes of the Great Plains enter an agreement that ultimately results in total submission to the U.S. government.
For many years, five Native American tribes—the Comanche, the Kiowa, the Kiowa-Apache, the Southern Cheyenne, and the Arapaho—roamed the vast area of the southern Great Plains, following huge buffalo herds. This area became parts of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas. Northern Cheyenne, Sioux, and other tribes lived a similar life on the northern Great Plains. Warfare was a part of the daily life of these tribes,...
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