Indian reservation
An Indian reservation is a place in the United States where Native Americans manage their own land under the US Bureau of Indian Affairs. They are not managed by the state governments. There are currently 326 Indian reservations.[1] Some tribes do not have their own reservations. In some cases a reservation may be shared by two or more tribes. The 2000 United States census showed a larger number of Native Americans and Alaska Natives no longer lived on Indian reservations. Many now live in larger cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas.[2][3]
Indian Reservation Media
Most Indian reservations, like the Laguna Indian reservation in New Mexico (pictured here in March 1943), are in the western United States, often in regions suitable more for ranching than farming.
Wagon loaded with squash, Rosebud Indian Reservation, ca. 1936
Spring roundup of Paiute-owned cattle begins at Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, 1973.
Fort Stanwix, New York
The reservations of the Five Civilized Tribes that were the subject of McGirt v. Oklahoma
Red Cliff Indian Reservation in Wisconsin during their annual pow wow
References
- ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions, Bureau of Indian Affairs". Department of the Interior. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ↑ "Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation in the United States: 1980-2000". Census.gov. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ↑ For Los Angeles, see Allen, J. P. and E. Turner, 2002. Text and map of the metropolitan area show the widespread urban distribution of California and other Indians.