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This drawing by J. Howland, originally printed in Harper's Weekly, depicts the council between representatives of the U.S. government and the Kiowa and Comanche tribes at Medicine Creek Lodge, Kansas, in 1867. At this council the Kiowa, Comanche, Plains Apache, Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes signed three successive treaties with the United States government, collectively known as the Medicine Lodge treaty.
Creator: Howland, J.
Date: November 16, 1867
This source can accompany discussions of the Medicine Lodge treaty; it provides an example of how the American public viewed these tribes.
KS:7th:3.1:Federal Government and Indian Lands (2005)
Item Number: 210666
Call Number: Port GL 051 H23w
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210666
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Fed. Gov. and Indian lands (Indicator 1) - Comanche
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Fed. Gov. and Indian lands (Indicator 1) - Encroachment on Indian lands
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Fed. Gov. and Indian lands (Indicator 1) - Kiowa
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Fed. Gov. and Indian lands (Indicator 1) - Treaties between U.S. and Indians
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Magazine - Illustrations
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Tribes - Comanche
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kickapoo
Places - Counties - Barber
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Magazines - Harper's Weekly
Type of Material - Printed materials - Magazines - Illustrations
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