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This treaty was between the U.S. and the roving tribes.  These native people hunted the herds of buffalo on the Southern Plains.  It was signed on the Little Arkansas River.  This river is in southern Kansas.  The tribes would be moved south of the Arkansas River.  They would live in southwest Oklahoma.  Their land would lie south of the Canadian River.  The reservations took in parts of the states of Kansas and Texas.

Adapted from the Historical Atlas of Oklahoma, 2nd edition, by Morris et al. Copyright 1976 by the University of Oklahoma Press. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

This treaty made the white settlers unhappy. They did not want the native tribes to live next to them. They called for new treaties to be drawn up.  In the end, the Plains Indians were limited to lands in the Oklahoma Territory.

The reservations got smaller and smaller as more and more native tribes were moved to Oklahoma.  Land that had been promised to one tribe was given to other tribes.