1809

Treaty of Fort Wayne and disputed authority to cede land

Indiana; Delaware, Miami, Potawatomi and other affected peoples

William Henry Harrison obtained land cessions that Tecumseh challenged as lacking collective authorization. The dispute highlights conflicting understandings of ownership and who could consent to land transfers.

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Context / qualification

Describe Tecumseh’s objection explicitly; do not assume signatures represented all affected nations.

Sources

• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 5

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