Map of the 1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux
Map showing the boundaries of the 1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux land cession area (Royce Area 289)
Bureau of American Ethnology Indian Land Cessions series maps for Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas by Charles Royce.
Wikimedia Commons
1851
CJLippert at English Wikipedia
Public Domain
Still Image
English
.jpg
TraversedesSiouxTreaty1851_PK.jpg
Minnesota
1851 Traverse des Sioux Treaty
The 1851 Traverse des Sioux Treaty ceded approximately 35 million acres of land in Minnesota and Iowa to the federal government. The treaty was signed on Pilot Knob and this plaque commemorates the signing.
William Wilcoxen
Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio
Copyright Minnesota Public Radio
.jpg
English
Still Image
1851TreatyPlaquePilotKnob.jpg
Pilot Knob, Mendota Heights, Minnesota