Treaty of Traverse des Sioux

When

23 Jul 1851

Kind

Treaty

Coordinates

44.35° N, 93.95° W

Description

1851 treaty between the United States government and representatives of Upper Dakota Sioux

Upper Dakota land cession treaty of 1851 with United States

The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux was signed on July 23, 1851, at Traverse des Sioux in Minnesota Territory between the United States government and the Upper Dakota Sioux bands. In this land cession treaty, the Sisseton and Wahpeton Dakota bands sold 21 million acres of land in present-day Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota to the U.S. for $1,665,000.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “signature du traité de la Traverse des Sioux”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page