2. Pawnee treaties with the U.S. government, 1818-1857.
  3. Pawnee treaties with the U.S. government, 1818-1857.

Pawnee treaties with the U.S. government, 1818-1857.

Pawnee treaties with the U.S. government, 1818-1857.

These treaties are important documents pertaining to Pawnee relations with the United States government. Collectively, they contained provisions for peace, friendship, trade, land cessions, assimilation programs, and annuties.

Treaties are binding agreements between sovereign nations. Under the U.S. Constitution, treaties are defined as the supreme law of the land and become part of international law.

Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution states:

"He [The President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur."

The 1818 and 1825 treaty negotiations occurred in St. Louis, Missouri.

The 1833 treaty negotiations occurred in the Pawnee towns with the final agreement being reached in the Chaui town near the Platte River, Kitskatus.

The 1848 treaty took place at Fort Childs near the head of Grant Island on the south side of the Platte River.

The 1857 treaty occurred at Table Creek, Nebraska Territory.