Treaty of Fond du Lac

The Treaty of Fond du Lac may refer to either of two treaties made and signed in Duluth, Minnesota between the United States and the Ojibwe (Chippewa) Native American peoples.

1826 Treaty of Fond du Lac

The first treaty of Fond du Lac was signed by Lewis Cass and Thomas L. McKenney for the United States and representatives of the Ojibwe of Lake Superior and the Mississippi on August 5, 1826 and proclaimed on February 7, 1827. The Ojibwe chiefs who were not in attendance to the Treaty of Prairie du Chien agreed to its adhesion. The Ojibwe Nations granted to the United States the rights to minerals exploration and mining within Ojibwe lands located north of the Prairie du Chien Line. Provisions were also made for the Ojibwe living about Saint Mary's River. As addenda to this treaty, arrest warrants to certain individuals living outside the jurisdiction of the United States were issued and land grants to the Métis were made.

Signatories

Treaty adhesion:

Treaty adhesion approval:

Notes

External links

* [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/chi0268.htm Text of the 1826 treaty]
* [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/win0565.htm Text of the 1846 Ho-Chunk treaty]
* [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/chi0567.htm Text of the 1847 treaty]
* [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/win0874.htm Text of the 1865 Ho-Chunk treaty]