3 August 1795
Treaty of Greenville
Ohio region; signatory Indigenous nations
The Treaty of Greenville, concluded August 3, 1795 after the U.S. military campaign, required extensive Indigenous land cessions and additional tracts for posts. Articles 4–5 also recognized continued Indigenous occupation of specified unceded lands and promised protection against white intruders, while requiring any future sales to be made only to the United States.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
The treaty did not extinguish every Indigenous land right in the region. Its protection clauses describe obligations, not proof of compliance. Article 6 addressed unauthorized settlers; article 7 retained conditional hunting rights on ceded lands. The military defeat and destruction preceding agreement remain essential context.
Sources
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 5
- Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, chapter 5, p. 88; supplied print pages, edition/year unidentified
- Treaty of Greenville, August 3, 1795, articles 3–7; Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, vol. II (1904), Avalon transcription ↗