Signing of the Medicine Lodge Treaty

The Medicine Lodge Treaty was a treaty that the United States of America signed with the Kiowa, Comanche, Plains Apache, Cheyenne, and Arapaho at Medicine Lodge, Kansas in 1867. (From user talk:MyRedDice), Yes, all my images are in public domain. ... (From user talk:MyRedDice), Yes, all my images are in public domain. ... The Kiowa are a nation of Native Americans who lived mostly in the plains of west Texas, Oklahoma and eastern New Mexico at the time of the arrival of Europeans. ... For other uses, see Comanche (disambiguation). ... Essa-queta, Plains Apache chief The Plains Apache (also Kiowa-Apache, Naʼisha, Naisha) are a Southern Athabaskan group that lived primarily on the plains of North America along the Kiowa. ... Cheyenne lodges with buffalo meat drying, 1870 For other uses, see Cheyenne (disambiguation). ... Scabby Bull, Arapaho 1806 Arapaho camp, ca. ... Medicine Lodge is the largest city and county seat of Barber County, Kansas. ... Cunt BAg Twat Fuk suck my penis ring 0778851865!!!!!!Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

What is known as the Medicine Lodge Treaty actually consisted of three separate treaties. The first was signed October 21, 1867 by the Kiowa and Comanche tribes. The second, with the Kiowa-Apache, was signed the same day, while the Cheyenne and Arapaho signed the third on October 28. October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 64 days remaining. ...

The United States federal government during this time repeatedly reduced the size of Indian reservations. The Medicine Lodge Treaty assigned reservations with the aforementioned tribes, bringing them in close contact with the Sioux, Shoshones, Bannocks, and Navajos, setting the scene for more conflict for dwindling resources.

Peace Commission members

General William T. Sherman, General William S. Harney, General Alfred H. Terry, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ely S. Parker, Senator John B. Henderson of Missouri (Chairman of the Senate Indian Appropriations Committee), Colonel Samuel F. Tappan, and Major General John B. Sanborn. Portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman by Mathew Brady William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, and author. ... William Selby Harney (22 August 1800 - 9 May 1889) was a cavalry officer in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War and the Indian Wars. ... Alfred Howe Terry (November 10, 1827 – December 16, 1890) was a Union general in the American Civil War and the military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869 and again from 1872 to 1886. ... Ely S. Parker Ely Samuel Parker (1828 - August 31, 1895), Hasanoanda, was an Iroquois of the Seneca tribe born at Indian Falls, New York (then part of the Tonawanda Reservation). ... John B. Henderson John Brooks Henderson (November 16, 1826 – April 12, 1913) was a United States Senator from Missouri and a co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. ... Samuel Forster Tappan (June 29, 1831 - January 6, 1913) was an American journalist, military officer, abolitionist and a Native American rights activist. ...

Chiefs in attendance

Apache

Wolf's Sleeve, Bad Back, Iron Shirt, Poor Bear, Brave Man, and White Horn.

Arapaho

Little Raven, Storm, Spotted Wolf, Young Colt, Yellow Bear, White Rabbit, Little Big Mouth, and Tall Bear.

Cheyenne

Black Kettle, Bull Bear, Litte Bear, Buffalo Chief, Little Rock, Spotted Elk, Slim Face, Gray Head, Curly Hair, Tall Bull, Little Robe, Heap of Birds, White Horse, and Whirlwind. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Comanche

Ten Bears, Silver Brooch, Gap In The Woods, Wolf's Mane, Iron Mountain, Painted Lips, Standing Feather, Horse's Back, Little Horn, Dog Fat, and Quanah Parker. Quanah Parker Quanah Parker (c. ...

Kiowa

Satanta, Kicking Bird, Satank, Stinking Saddle, Black Eagle, Stumbling Bear, The Crow, Woman's Heart, One Bear, and Bear Lying Down. Satanta is a city located in Haskell County, Kansas. ... Chief Kicking Bird Kicking Bird (died 1875) was a chief of the Kiowa Native American tribe. ... Sitting Bear Sitting Bear, also known as Satank (Set-ankeah), was the name of the Kiowa chief who killed George Peacock, proprietor of the Walnut Creek trading ranche in 1860. ...

Unratified

The alleged Treaty was immediately controversial and contested by both the members and leadership of most of the involved tribes. Because the tribes involved were all democratic societies, acceptance of the treaty was contingent upon ratification of 3/4 of the adult members of each of the tribes. This condition was part of the treaty itself. This ratification was never obtained, and thus the treaty was never made valid or legal. This conflict continued for years until the Kiowa Chief Lone Wolf sued the US Secretary of the Interior on behalf of the entirety of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache tribes, all of whom were defrauded by the government. The case, LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK, 187 U.S. 553, was decided by the US Supreme Court in 1903. In the decision the Court conceded that the tribes had never agreed to the treaty, but concluded that it did not matter because American Indians did not merit protection of the Bill of Rights, claiming that they were "wards of the nation... Dependent [on the United States] for their daily food". With this same legal status as the institutionalized such as the criminally insane and mentally retarded, they did not have the same rights as full persons of other races who were considered able to make some decisions for themselves. This legal precedent has never been overturned and still influences the position of the United States government towards all aboriginal american tribes. Lone Wolf, photographed by William S. Soule, 1868-1874 Lone Wolf (Native name Guipago) was a Kiowa chief who lived from 1820 to 1879. ...