The 1795 Treaty of Greenville

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The Treaty of Greenville led the United States to affirm that Indian lands could be ceded only by the tribes themselves. The treaty recognized the Indians as domestic dependent nations and established the boundary between Indian lands and lands open to white settlement. The Miami Indians did not have to leave the Ohio Valley, but they did cede much of their land in Ohio to the United States. The treaty did not remove all restrictions to white settlement of the Ohio Valley and did not give the Miami Indians navigation rights to the Mississippi. The treaty was signed by both American and Indian leaders.