Indian reservations
Native American territories
Indian reservations are areas of land in the United States set aside for Native American tribes, held in trust by the federal government.
Tribes retain some sovereignty over these lands, governing themselves under their own laws while remaining subject to federal authority.
Reservations vary enormously in size and population—from a few acres to the vast Navajo Nation spanning three states.
She grew up on a reservation in South Dakota.
- tribal languagesSpeech of native peoples
- Trail of Tears1830s forced indigenous relocation
- boarding schoolsResidential institutions for pupils
- tribal sovereigntyIndigenous peoples' governmental independence
- powwowsInformal conferences or huddles
federal recognition · self-determination · water rights · treaty rights · casinos · oral traditions · jurisdiction · ceremonial dances · sacred sites · sweat lodge · natural resources · indigenous art · spiritual practices · grant programs · frybread · wildlife management · treaty violations · tribal histories
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- American Expansionmanifest destiny, territorial expansion, westward expansion, Louisiana Purchase, Alaska
- Interior DepartmentBLM, National Park Service, NPS, USGS, public lands
- Tribal Environmenttribal lands, ancestral lands, sacred lands, ceded lands, allotment
- Tribal Commercetrade goods
- federal facilitiesfederal buildings, federal courthouses, federal prisons, post offices, VA hospitals
Indian reservationsfederal lands
Government-owned territory
public lands · state lands · private property · government property · homesteads
Indian reservationsceded lands
Territory formally surrendered
colonial settlements · homesteads · land grants · frontier settlements
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