08/12/2026
The federal government, during the series of meetings in August 1851 at Tansy Point, sought to remove and relocate the tribes east of the Cascades and to take title to their lands. The tribes stood firm, and declared they wouldn’t leave the place where their ancestors are buried.
They were able to renegotiate 13 treaties, which allowed the tribes to continue living on ancestral land, although they were forced to cede much of it. Congress never ratified the treaties because the government's intent to remove the Indians was not realized.