The Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867

Three years after Sand Creek, the American government made another attempt at a comprehensive settlement of the plains Indian conflict.

The Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867 was the most significant peace agreement of the period — a series of treaties negotiated with the Kiowa, Comanche, Kiowa-Apache, and Cheyenne-Arapaho nations that established reservation boundaries and attempted to end the fighting on the southern plains.

Black Kettle was present at Medicine Lodge and was one of the principal signatories for the Southern Cheyenne.