For over a hundred years the Dakota and Chippewa tribes have been fighting over land and wild rice in the northern parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota. The United States wanted to end these disputes so in 1825 at Prairie Du Chien, WI at Fort Crawford, a treaty was signed and a boundary line was established. It is important to note that this treaty did not cede any land from the tribes to the United States nor did it actually stop the disputes, but rather intensified them. This treaty, however, was the foothold to the United States getting land from each of the tribes, because they now have official boundaries, which will later result in the Treaties of 1837, 1842, and 1854.
