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Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma

Lands ceded to the United States by treaty, law or executive order, 1804–1842, as Charles C. Royce recorded them in 1899 — 205,175 km² in 12 cessions across Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin.

A cession records when the United States took title — not the full extent of a homeland, and much land was taken without any treaty. The link between each cession and present-day nations is the one the U.S. Forest Service and the National NAGPRA Program’s dataset records; the nation’s own account comes first. Corrections: [email protected].

Named in the treaties as: Sauk and Fox · Iowa · Medewakanton · Missouri · Omaha · Oto · Sioux (Wahpeton and Sisseton Bands) · Wahpekuta

Royce 262, 1842Royce 244, 1837Royce 175, 1832Royce 226, 1832Royce 151, 1830Royce 152, 1830Royce 153, 1830Royce 154, 1830Royce 155, 1830Royce 120, 1824Royce 50, 1804Royce 51, 1804
17841894 See them on the Homeland map

Cessions

Royce no.DateAs the schedule names the partiesSources
50November 3, 1804; September 13, 1815; September 14, 1815; May 13, 1816 Sauk and Fox · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
51November 3, 1804; September 13, 1815; September 14, 1815; May 13, 1816 Sauk and Fox · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
120August 4, 1824 Sauk and Fox · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
151July 15, 1830; October 21, 1837; October 21, 1837; November 23, 1837 Iowa; Medewakanton; Missouri; Omaha; Oto; Sauk and Fox; Sioux (Wahpeton and Sisseton Bands); Wahpekuta · with 13 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
152July 15, 1830; October 21, 1837; November 23, 1837 Iowa; Medewakanton; Missouri; Omaha; Oto; Sauk and Fox; Sioux (Wahpeton and Sisseton Bands); Wahpekuta · with 13 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
153July 15, 1830 Iowa; Medewakanton; Missouri; Omaha; Oto; Sauk and Fox; Sioux (Wahpeton and Sisseton Bands); Wahpekuta · with 13 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
154July 15, 1830 Iowa; Medewakanton; Missouri; Omaha; Oto; Sauk and Fox; Sioux (Wahpeton and Sisseton Bands); Wahpekuta · with 22 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
155July 15, 1830 Iowa; Medewakanton; Missouri; Omaha; Oto; Sauk and Fox; Sioux (Wahpeton and Sisseton Bands); Wahpekuta · with 22 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
175September 21, 1832 Sauk and Fox · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
226September 21, 1832; September 28, 1836 Sauk and Fox · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
244October 21, 1837 Sauk and Fox · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
262October 11, 1842 Sauk and Fox · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text

Trails across these lands

Maps on Native Routes that cover these lands

Cession areas: “Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States” (USDA Forest Service, National NAGPRA Program, EPA and Claudio Saunt, 2018; CC BY 4.0), digitized from Charles C. Royce, Indian Land Cessions in the United States (1899). Outlines simplified to about 1 km. Part of Project Homeland v0.5.2 — how it was made.