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In the United States, off-reservation trust land refers to real estate outside an Indian reservation that is held by the Interior Department for the benefit of a Native American tribe or a member of a tribe.
area Notes References Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park: Navajo Nation: Lake Powell Navajo Tribal Park: Navajo Nation: Tseyi' Dine' Heritage Area – Cottonwood Campground Navajo Nation: Canyon de Chelly National Monument: Navajo Nation: Officially a unit of the National Park Service, but entirely owned by the Navajo Tribal Trust of the Navajo
Lands held by the United States in trust for Native American tribes are generally not considered public lands. [8] There are some 55 million acres (0.22 million km 2 ) of land held in trust by the federal government for Indian tribes and almost 11 million acres (45 thousand km 2 ) of land held in trust by the federal government for individual ...
In the United States, the land owned by the United States government and held in trust for Native American tribes and individuals is sometimes referred to as a land trust. In Australia, Aboriginal land trusts are a type of non-profit organisation that holds the freehold title to an area of land on behalf of a community of Aboriginal and/or ...
Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos. In some western states, notably Nevada, there are Native American areas called Indian colonies ...
Prophetstown State Park commemorates a Native American village founded in 1808 by Shawnee leaders Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa north of present-day Lafayette, Indiana, which grew into a large, multi-tribal community.
Sunriver's land used to be a lake bed, which dried out and became a meadow. It was a meeting place for Native Americans living in the area and was later adopted by settlers, trappers, and explorers, including Peter Skene Ogden, Kit Carson, and John Fremont, who led expeditions along the Deschutes River in the early-to-mid-19th century. [1]
Originally known to the Indians as "Sahalee Tyee," the area has been and remains culturally important to Native Americans. [2] During the past 9,000 years, the Yakama , Klickitat , Cascades , Wasco , Wishram , and Umatilla tribes gathered in this area for berry picking, fishing, and hunting.