Treaty with the Blackfeet and Gros Ventre, 1865

Item

Title
Treaty with the Blackfeet and Gros Ventre, 1865
Original Signatory Tribe(s)
Blackfeet
Gros Ventre
Piegan
Blood
Date Original
16 November 1865
Subjects/Keywords
Description
in the purchase of stock, animals, agricultural implements—in establishing, and instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits such of said Indians as shall be disposed thereto, and in the employment of mechanics for them in educating their children
Description
in providing necessary and proper medicines, medical attendance, care for and support of, the aged, infirm or sick of their number— for the helpless orphans of said Indians and in any other respect promoting their civilization, comfort and improvement
Description
The said Nation and Tribes of Indians, parties to this Treaty, hereby consent and agree that the better to enable the President of the United States to execute the provisions of this treaty and to facilitate the objects thereof, roads of any and every description, military posts—bridges and lines of telegraph—houses for agencies, mission schools—farm shops, mills, and stations, may be built upon or across said reservation, out of any materials therein found, and permanently occupy and use as much land as may be necessary or convenient for the various purposes above enumerated, including the use of wood for fuel, and land for grazing, and that said lines of travel and communication, and the navigation of all lakes, rivers and streams of water, shall be forever free, and unobstructed, to the citizens of the United States;
Description
roads of any and every description,
Description
bridges
Description
lines of telegraph
Description
to pay annually to each of the principal Chiefs of each of said four tribes, a sum not exceeding $250.00 (or in the aggregate $6,000), in money or supplies, so long, as they and their respective tribes remain faithful to their treaty obligations
Treaty Type
treaty
Bibliographic Citation
Deloria, Vine, Jr. and Raymond DeMallie. Documents of American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions, 1775-1979. 2v. (Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 1361
Citation: Charles Joseph Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, vol. 4, Laws, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.,1929), 1133
Last updated in MODX
2023-10-27
MODX ID
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3130