Treaty of Fort Atkinson (1853)
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The Treaty of Fort Atkinson (1853) was an agreement between the United States and several Plains tribes that aimed to establish peace, define territorial boundaries, and regulate relations along key overland routes in the mid-19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treaty of Fort Atkinson (1853) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2796556 — 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 Fort Atkinson (1853) Context triple: [United States–Native American treaties, hasPart, Treaty of Fort Atkinson (1853)]
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A.
Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
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B.
Treaty of 1837 with the United States
The Treaty of 1837 with the United States was an agreement in which the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Nation ceded large portions of their ancestral lands in the Upper Midwest to the U.S. government, contributing to their forced removal and displacement.
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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 1854
The Treaty of 1854 was a U.S. government agreement that ceded most of the Omaha people's ancestral lands in present-day Nebraska in exchange for a reservation and other promised provisions.
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E.
Treaty of St. Louis (1825)
The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) was an agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that further ceded Indigenous lands in the Midwest to the U.S. government as part of its westward 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 Fort Atkinson (1853) Target entity description: The Treaty of Fort Atkinson (1853) was an agreement between the United States and several Plains tribes that aimed to establish peace, define territorial boundaries, and regulate relations along key overland routes in the mid-19th century.
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A.
Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
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B.
Treaty of 1837 with the United States
The Treaty of 1837 with the United States was an agreement in which the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Nation ceded large portions of their ancestral lands in the Upper Midwest to the U.S. government, contributing to their forced removal and displacement.
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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 1854
The Treaty of 1854 was a U.S. government agreement that ceded most of the Omaha people's ancestral lands in present-day Nebraska in exchange for a reservation and other promised provisions.
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E.
Treaty of St. Louis (1825)
The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) was an agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that further ceded Indigenous lands in the Midwest to the U.S. government as part of its westward expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century treaty
ⓘ
United States–Native American treaty ⓘ treaty ⓘ |
| appliesToRegion |
Great Plains
ⓘ
Plains culture area ⓘ
surface form:
Plains Indian territory
overland routes to the American West ⓘ |
| appliesToRoute |
California Trail
ⓘ
Oregon Trail ⓘ Santa Fe Trail ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateSigned | 1853 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
antebellum United States
ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | bilateral and multilateral treaty ⓘ |
| locationSigned |
Fort Atkinson, Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Atkinson
Kansas Territory ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| party |
Apache
ⓘ
Arapaho ⓘ Cheyenne ⓘ Comanche ⓘ Kiowa people ⓘ
surface form:
Kiowa
Plains tribes ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| purpose |
to define territorial boundaries of Plains tribes
ⓘ
to establish peace between the United States and several Plains tribes ⓘ to protect emigrant travel across the Plains ⓘ to regulate relations along key overland routes ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Plains Indian Wars
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United States Indian policy ⓘ overland migration to the American West ⓘ regulation of trade and travel on the Plains ⓘ |
| signatory |
Apache
ⓘ
Arapaho ⓘ Cheyenne ⓘ Comanche ⓘ Kiowa people ⓘ
surface form:
Kiowa
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States government ⓘ |
| subject |
Native American–United States relations
ⓘ
peacekeeping ⓘ regulation of overland travel ⓘ territorial boundaries ⓘ |
| temporalContext | mid-19th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Treaty of Fort Atkinson (1853) Description of subject: The Treaty of Fort Atkinson (1853) was an agreement between the United States and several Plains tribes that aimed to establish peace, define territorial boundaries, and regulate relations along key overland routes in the mid-19th century.
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