Treaty with the Blackfeet and Gros Ventre, 1865
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Title
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Treaty with the Blackfeet and Gros Ventre, 1865
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Date Original
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16 November 1865
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Subjects/Keywords
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provide agriculture assistance
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Description
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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
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provide healthcare assistance
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Description
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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
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right of way
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Description
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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;
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roads and highways
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Description
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roads of any and every description,
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bridges and tolls
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telegraph lines
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Description
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lines of telegraph
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promise to pay
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Description
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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
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Treaty Type
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treaty
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Bibliographic Citation
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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
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Citation: Charles Joseph Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, vol. 4, Laws, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.,1929), 1133
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Last updated in MODX
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2023-10-27
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MODX ID
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3130;treaty-with-the-blackfeet-and-gros-ventre-1865-22629
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3130