1848

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Northern Mexico / U.S. Southwest

The treaty ended the war and transferred Mexican territorial claims to the United States. The new boundary crossed Indigenous homelands, while promises concerning residents’ rights coexisted with later dispossession.

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Context / qualification

Do not imply that every later taking was directly mandated by the treaty.

Sources

• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 7
• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 7

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