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Conclusion of the Treaty at Fort Harmar

When
January 9, 1789
Where
Fort Harmar, Northwest Territory
Part of
Treaty of Fort Harmar

United States negotiators and leaders of seven Indigenous nations concluded the Treaty of Fort Harmar on January 9, 1789.

National leaders representing the Haudenosaunee, Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi, Sauk, Wyandot, and Lenape met with treaty negotiators from the United States, including Arthur St. Clair. The treaty was concluded at Fort Harmar in the Northwest Territory on January 9, 1789. The Indigenous parties all held territorial claims within the European land claim the United States had acquired from the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1783, known as the Northwest Territory.

Sources

  1. Treaty of Fort Harmar Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18

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