Treaty

Treaty with the Great and Little Osage, 1825

Land cession by the Great and Little Osage. Region: Arkansas 1, Missouri 1, Kansas 1, Indian Territory 1. Covering 82 counties across AR, KS, MO, OK.

Treaty Provisions

Harbors and Rivers

Article 2 — “And the United States do, hereby, reserve to themselves, forever, the right of navigating, freely, all water courses and navigable streams, within or running through, the tract of country above reserved to said Tribes or Nations.” — (The Osage Nation)

Present-Day Tribes

  • The Osage Nation, Oklahoma

Citations

2 Hodge 156

DeMallie 476, 495

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