Use the Treaty Handout

TREATY QUESTIONS

USE THE TREATY HANDOUT

-Describe the purpose of the 1825 Prairie du Chien Treaty.

-What was the Nelson Act?

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USE THE SUPPLIED HAND OUT OF NATIVE AMERICAN NAMES

-What are the native American names for the following places or nouns?

DakotaOjibwe

LakeLake

RiverRiver

IslandTown

Waterfall Tree

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USE THE 1820’S MAPS OF THE FORT SNELLING AREA

-What is the other Anglo name for the Minnesota River?

-What is at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers?

On top the bluff

In the valley by the river

-What was at St. Anthony Falls?

-What was along the Red River just into Canada?

-What Business enterprises were near Fort Snelling?

-How many villages were near Fort Snelling?

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EXAMINE A COUNTY MAP OF MINNESOTA

Name 10 counties that appear to have been named after Native Americans or Native American words.

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USE THE COLOR HANDOUTS

On your Settlement Map of Minnesota, locate the following

-Draw lines to indicate which and where three tribes controlled the ceded land.

-Where did Capt. Pike acquire land?

-Where was Chief Wabasha’s Village?

-What village was at New Ulm?

-Who was the chief of the village near Hastings?

-What three features were used to indicate the treaty land boundary just north of the Mississippi River?

-What commercial activity was near Wabasha?

-What was near Duluth in 1842?

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USE THE KANABEC COUNTY (SOUTHERN HALF)MAP FROM 1874

-What is on the north edge of Fish Lake?

-How many and what are the camps on the map?

-What are two settler activities near Brunswick?

-There are several settler roads on the map, are any of them still there today in the atlas? Name/#?

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USE YOUR ATLAS AND THE SETTLEMENT MAP

When Treaties and Reservations are established, Military Roads are often established to patrol between settlers and Native Americans along the edge.

-Compare the following atlas pages with the Settlement Map and draw the location of the road on the map to indicate what part of the road might have been a Military road. Label the Highway number.

36-3737-3884-8526 74-75

Label three highways that still follow Native American and Early settlers routes on the map.