Treaty of Mendota
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The Treaty of Mendota was an 1851 agreement between the United States government and the Dakota (Sioux) people that ceded vast portions of their ancestral lands in Minnesota, paving the way for white settlement and contributing to later conflict and displacement.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treaty of Mendota canonical | 1 |
| Treaty of Mendota (1851) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17898223 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Mendota Context triple: [Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, relatedDocument, Treaty of Mendota]
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A.
Treaty of Traverse des Sioux
The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux was an 1851 agreement in which Dakota leaders ceded vast portions of their ancestral lands in present-day Minnesota to the United States, paving the way for large-scale white settlement and profound disruption of Dakota life.
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B.
Treaty of La Pointe
The Treaty of La Pointe was an 1854 agreement between the United States and Ojibwe (Chippewa) bands that ceded large areas of land in the Lake Superior region while establishing reservations and defining ongoing rights for the Ojibwe people.
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C.
Treaty of Lewistown
The Treaty of Lewistown was an early 19th-century agreement in which the Shawnee ceded lands in Ohio to the United States, contributing to their displacement from the region.
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D.
Treaty of Prairie du Chien
The Treaty of Prairie du Chien was a series of early 19th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations in the Upper Midwest that redefined tribal boundaries and ceded large areas of Indigenous land to the U.S. government.
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E.
Treaty of Tippecanoe
The Treaty of Tippecanoe was an early 19th-century agreement in which Native American tribes, including the Bodéwadmi (Potawatomi), ceded lands in the Old Northwest to the United States amid growing U.S. expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Mendota Target entity description: The Treaty of Mendota was an 1851 agreement between the United States government and the Dakota (Sioux) people that ceded vast portions of their ancestral lands in Minnesota, paving the way for white settlement and contributing to later conflict and displacement.
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A.
Treaty of Traverse des Sioux
The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux was an 1851 agreement in which Dakota leaders ceded vast portions of their ancestral lands in present-day Minnesota to the United States, paving the way for large-scale white settlement and profound disruption of Dakota life.
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B.
Treaty of La Pointe
The Treaty of La Pointe was an 1854 agreement between the United States and Ojibwe (Chippewa) bands that ceded large areas of land in the Lake Superior region while establishing reservations and defining ongoing rights for the Ojibwe people.
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C.
Treaty of Lewistown
The Treaty of Lewistown was an early 19th-century agreement in which the Shawnee ceded lands in Ohio to the United States, contributing to their displacement from the region.
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D.
Treaty of Prairie du Chien
The Treaty of Prairie du Chien was a series of early 19th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations in the Upper Midwest that redefined tribal boundaries and ceded large areas of Indigenous land to the U.S. government.
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E.
Treaty of Tippecanoe
The Treaty of Tippecanoe was an early 19th-century agreement in which Native American tribes, including the Bodéwadmi (Potawatomi), ceded lands in the Old Northwest to the United States amid growing U.S. expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Treaty of Mendota