Land area
Land of the Kaskaskia, Mixed Seneka and others in Oklahoma, recorded 1832 (area 499)
- 1832
Set aside as a reservation
By Seneca and Shawnee at Seneca Agency, Headwaters, Cowskin River (1832)
- 1867
- 1889
Named in the record
The 1899 record: “Provides for allotment of lands in severalty, etc”
In the record
Granted to the Seneka in Indian Territory in 1832 and kept as their home in 1867 after they ceded a strip; an 1889 act only provided for allotments, and no cession is recorded. The area covers about 98 thousand acres in what is now Oklahoma.
The 1899 record names Kaskaskia, Ottawa, Quapaw, Shawnee, Wea and 1 more as the people of this land.
How it was taken: a treaty or agreement. The OSU treaty text records an exchange of lands at the tribes' own stated wish to unite, referring to the earlier removal from Ohio.
Today, Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan, Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma and 5 more carry the history of the people named here.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.
Shapes come from C. C. Royce’s 1899 maps as georeferenced by the US Forest Service. They are approximate and are not legal descriptions of land. Royce recorded land the United States treated as ceded; the shape does not show a nation’s territory.
Who is doing the work
This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:
- Cayuga Nation
- Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians
- Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan
- Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan
- Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan
- Quapaw Nation
- Seneca Nation of Indians
- Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
Working with these nations
- Oneida Indian Nation Nation government About 18,000 acres in trust (2022 est.), 25,000-acre cap under 2013 agreement
- Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) Nation government Ojibwe treaty rights in ceded territories, natural resource stewardship, manoomin, and a Land Conservancy program… Give on their site Website
- Rematriation Native-led Indigenous women-led media, education, community advocacy Give on their site Website
- Honor the Earth Native-led Pipeline resistance, sovereignty, energy justice Give on their site Website
- Native Land Conservancy (Massachusetts) Native-led Native-led land conservation Give on their site Website
- White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP) Native-led Recover the original White Earth reservation land base Give on their site Website
Land return and Native-led work nearby
- Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Nation government Seeking return of about 6,700 acres at Fort Reno
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
Links marked “suggested” were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Nations named for this land 16
- Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahomamatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- Cayugamatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- Kaskaskiaas named in the 1899 recordsuggested
- Miami Tribe of Oklahomamatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- Ottawaas named in the 1899 recordsuggested
- Ottawa Tribe of Oklahomamatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahomamatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- Quapawas named in the 1899 recordsuggested
- Senecamatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- Seneca-Cayuga Nationmatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- Shawneeas named in the 1899 recordsuggested
- Shawnee Tribematched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
Show all 16
- Tonawanda Band of Senecamatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- Weaas named in the 1899 recordsuggested
- Wyandotas named in the 1899 recordsuggested
- Wyandotte Nationmatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
Agreements recorded for this land 2
Located in 1
Sources
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1832-12-29primary record
- Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, text for 1832-12-29primary record
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1867-02-23primary record
- Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, text for 1867-02-23primary record
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1889-03-02primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Indian Territory 2 (Library of Congress)primary record
- USDA Forest Service, Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States (digitized Royce maps)reference work
The record’s fields
- Area number in the 1899 record
- 499
- Dates in the 1899 record
- 1832-12-29; 1867-02-23; 1889-03-02
- Kind of instrument
- Treaty or agreement
- Peoples as named in the 1899 record
- Kaskaskia; Mixed Seneka; Ottawa of Blanehard's fork and Roche de Boeuf; Peoria; Piankishaw; Quapaw; Seneka; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot
- States
- OK
- Counties
- Ottawa
- Map sheets in the 1899 record
- Indian Territory 2
- Geometry
- Approximate shape from Royce’s 1899 maps
Research notes
geometry_role is 'cession' for every USFS feature: no field in the source distinguishes cessions from reservations.
- Kind
- Land area
- Confidence
- Medium