page_title: Half-Breed Tract
section_title: Nebraska
hierarchical_section_title: Half-Breed Tract / Overview / Nebraska
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the w:Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation in Nebraska, a reservation designated for individuals of mixed American Indian and European descent. This reservation was designated in a July 15, 1830 treaty between the Sac, Fox, w:Mdewakanton, w:Wahpekuta, Sisseton and Wahpeton Indian tribes and the United States government.
context_page_description: A Half-Breed Tract was a segment of land designated in the western states by the United States government in the 19th century specifically for Métis of American Indian and European or European-American ancestry, at the time commonly known as half-breeds. The government set aside such tracts in several parts of the Midwestern prairie region, including in Iowa Territory, Nebraska Territory, Kansas Territory, Minnesota Territory, and Wisconsin Territory.
context_section_description: The Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation was established on July 15, 1830. The tract's eastern border was the Missouri River, and the property extended inland for 10 miles (16 km). The north/south borders were between the Little Nemaha River to the north and the Great Nemaha River, near Falls City to the south. Owners were never required to live on their property and many eventually sold their lands to whites. Nebraska's Half-Breed Tract vanished as a legal entity by 1861.
caption: The Nemaha Half-Breed Tract, designated as 154 and 155 on the map.
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