An American Indian reservation is an area of land held and governed by a U.S. federal government-recognized Native American tribal nation, … See more

Federally-recognized Native American tribes possess limited tribal sovereignty and are able to exercise the right of self-governance, … See more

Many Native Americans who live on reservations interact with the federal government through two agencies: the Bureau of Indian Affairs See more

• BIA full-size Indian reservations in the continental United States – National Park Service
• U.S. Census tallies for Indian reservations See more

Colonial and early U.S. history
From the beginning of the European colonization of the Americas, Europeans often removed native peoples from their Indigenous lands. … See more

When the Europeans encountered the New World, the American colonial government determined a precedent of establishing the land sovereignty of North America through … See more

The lands on which reservations are located are disproportionately low in natural resources and quality soil conducive to fostering economic prosperity. Starting in the mid twentieth century reservations came to be increasingly located … See more