1. 7X 12-12-2016 Monday Native American Treaties in MN
Objective: Describe the Native American treaties in MN.
Agenda:
Prayer
Do Now: What do you think the political status of Native Americans should be in the United States today? Explain your answer
Go over table from MN Northern Lights Chapter 6
Go over Do Now
Short Lesson – Native Americans today

2. Results for United States Results for Indian Groups
Treaty
Date
Indian Group
Results for United States
Results for Indian Groups
Outcome
Pike’s Treaty
1805
Dakota
Gained two pieces of land – at the mouth of the St. Croix and around the Mississippi – small pieces of land for a fort
Got paid $2,000 in cash or goods. They set the terms for this agreement
Fort Snelling was eventually built on this land. Protected American interests in the region. Became a gathering place for American merchants and settlers.
Treaty of 1837
1837
Dakota and Ojibwe
Received large sums of land – western Wisconsin and Minnesota east of the Mississippi
Were not paid. Before they were paid, American settlers rushed into their lands
Mills were built and settlements grew at places like Marine on St. Croix, Taylors Falls, and Stillwater. St. Paul (Pig’s Eye) also began to form.
Traverse de Sioux
1851
Received Dakota lands in Minnesota
Got money/goods. Supplies, etc.
Dakota leaders were tricked into signing a document that stated that they had to give all the money they earned from the treaty back to the traders.
Treaty at Mendota
Got all the remaining Dakota lands in Minnesota and Iowa – 35 million acres
Promise of $3 million and permanent reservation on the Minnesota River
US settlers pushed Native Americans out of their lands. Permanent Reservation was turned into temporary reservations by the US government. Money went to traders and missionaries who accused the Dakota of ruining the land.

3. Timeline of Native American Rights
Tribal sovereignty – tribe’s ability to rule themselves. Assimilation – adopting the dominant culture/lifestyle and losing your own. Citizenship -