Which Indian tribe did not sign a peace treaty with the US until 1975?

Brainy Blonde

I have been looking for the answer to this off and on for days. Has anyone found anything yet? This is what I have come up with so far. The answer could be Inuit, but I haven't been able to find anything regarding treaties with the US yet. No treaties were concluded between Canada and First Nations for half a century after the Williams treaties. However, treaty making resumed in 1973 in the form of comprehensive claims agreements - also known as modern treaties. These formal agreements are recognized as treaties by Section 35(3) of the Constitution Act, 1982 and are negotiated in order to provide a clear, certain and long-lasting definition of rights to land and resources for First Nations and Inuit people, in areas not already covered by existing treaties. The first modern-day treaty negotiated was the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement signed in 1975. Since 1975 fourteen comprehensive claims have been settled, seven of these in the Yukon and four in the Northwest Territories. The largest of these agreements is that between Canada and the Inuit of the Eastern Arctic, which led to the creation in 1999 of the new northern territory of Nunavut. See the following for much more comprehensive information. http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/history/INAC010705HistoricTreaties.htm Suriname was inhabited from about 3000 before Christ when the first Indians came to the country. The most important Indian tribe in Suriname was the Arowak tribe. The Indians lived from hunting and fishery. Most of them were nomads. Few stayed living at one place in order to live from agriculture. Over the years, treaties and people from other countries came and went. The people Suriname became an independent country on November 25, 1975. For more detailed history, see: http://www.sr.net/srnet/InfoSurinam/history.html The Cheyenne-Arapoho Tribes of Oklahoma, ratified their treaty on August 19, 1975.See: http://www.business.com/bdcframe.asp?ticker= and src=http://rd.business.com/index. asp?bdcz%3Di.l.l.ml.e and bdcr%3D5 and bdcu%3Dhttp%253A//www.ou.edu/okgov/NAL/ Const/Cheyenne-Arapaho.html and bdcs%3D3991D843-C686-11D6-89D7-0002A5E89656% 26bdcf%3D4975E798-D43A-11D3-82D0-00C04F01021C and bdcp%3D and partner%3Dbdc and title %3DConstitution%2520and%2520By-laws%2520of%2520the%2520Cheyenne-Arapaho%2520 Tribes%2520of%2520Oklahoma and back=http://www.business.com/directory/law/practice _areas/native_americans_law/codes_and_regulations/ and path=/directory/law/practice _areas/native_americans_law/codes_and_regulations I sure hope the above comes out okay and not like my Japanese answer!!! LOL!!! The federal government of America restored recognition to the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians in 1975. http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/nadp.htm 1975 - Ross O. Swimmer elected to first of three terms as principal chief. First Cherokee Tribal Council elected Congress passes Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. See: http://www.powersource.com/nation/dates.html Sep 17 02, 3:05 PM

McGruff

This may be what you are looking for. 'The Kootenai were affiliated socially with the neighboring Flathead, Kalispel and Pend Oreilles. In the 1855 Hellgate Treaty, these Tribes ceded to the United States all the land they occupied or claimed in exchange for reservations. However, the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho was not represented at the Treaty and, so, they did not acquire any land. Now known as the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, they were the original inhabitants of Boundary County. There are 120 enrolled members and about 75 of them live in a modern village at the 18-acre mission three miles northwest of Bonners Ferry. The Tribe gained international attention on Sept. 20, 1975 when it formally declared war on the United States.' http://www.bonnersferrychamber.com/pages/tribe.html Sep 17 02, 3:37 PM

Tracy

StickMan - If you heard this morning, the question was re-phrased to something like this: What was the last indian tribe to sign a peace treaty with the US? Sep 19 02, 8:14 PM