Treaty of the Cedars

Quand

3 sept. 1836

Type

Traité

Coordonnées

43.61° N, 89.10° W

Description

1836 treaty between the Menominee and the United States

1836 treaty between the Menominee and the United States

The Treaty of the Cedars was an 1836 agreement between the Menominee Indian nation and the United States in which the Menominee ceded to the United States about 4,000,000 acres (16,000 km2) of land for $700,000. The agreement opened that huge tract of forest to logging and White settlement.

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