native reservation
Indigenous designated territory
A native reservation is land set aside by a government for indigenous peoples, where tribal nations retain some degree of self-governance.
In the United States, reservations were established through treaties, often after forced relocation from ancestral lands.
The term appears in legal and historical contexts: The tribe has governed the native reservation since 1868.
In casual usage, simply reservation is more common.
- treaty rightsPact-secured legal entitlements
- treaty landTerritory conveyed by accord
- land stewardshipResponsible care of terrain
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
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native reservationprivate property
Individually owned assets
colonial settlement · public land · federal land · state land · crown land
native reservationcolonial settlement
Outpost in claimed territory
settler colony · Plymouth Colony · Jamestown · frontier town · stolen land
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