Treaty with the Kalapuya, etc.

Farm fields spread into the distance, where a barn and far-off mountains can be seen
A modern photograph of the Willamette Valley, ceded to the United States in the 1855 Kalapuya Treaty

The Treaty with the Kalapuya, etc., also known as the Kalapuya Treaty or the Treaty of Dayton, was an 1855 treaty between the United States and the bands of the Kalapuya tribe, the Molala tribe, the Clackamas, and several others in the Oregon Territory. In it the tribes were forced to cede land in exchange for promised permanent reservation, annuities, supplies, educational, vocational, health services, and protection from ongoing violence from American settlers.[1] The treaty effectively gave over the entirety of the Willamette Valley to the United States and removed indigenous groups who had resided in the area for over 10,000 years.[2] The treaty was signed on January 22, 1855, in Dayton, Oregon, ratified on March 3, 1855, and proclaimed on April 10, 1855.

It is not to be confused with the Treaty with the Umpqua and Kalapuya of 1854, also known as the Treaty of Calapooia Creek.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference oep was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Mackey, Harold (2004). The Kalapuyans : a sourcebook on the Indians of the Willamette Valley. Mission Mill Museum Association, Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (2nd ed.). Salem, Or.: Mission Mill Museum Association. ISBN 0-9753484-0-X. OCLC 56116311.