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West Canada Lake Wilderness Area - 156,695 acres (634.122 km 2) William C. Whitney Wilderness Area - 20,500 acres (83 km 2) Catskill Park: Slide Mountain Wilderness Area 47,500 acres (190 km 2) Big Indian-Beaverkill Wilderness Area 33,000 acres (132 km 2) Indian Head Wilderness Area 16,800 acres (67.2 km 2) West Kill Wilderness Area 19,250 ...
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 ...
Ute Mountain Tribal Park Ute Mountain Ute Tribe: 125,000 acres (51,000 ha) CRIT Ahakhav Tribal Preserve Colorado River Indian Tribes: 1995 Yurok-Tolowa-Dee-ni' Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area Resighini Tribe of Yurok People, Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation, Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria: 2023 700 sq mi [1]
Some wilderness areas are managed by multiple agencies. Some areas are designated wilderness by state or tribal governments. These are not governed by the Federal National Wilderness Preservation System. This table lists all U.S. areas that have been designated by the United States Congress under the Wilderness Act. The designation date is the ...
In addition to citizens of federally recognized tribes and tribally designated artisans, IACA says that members of "any Indian group that has been formally recognized as an Indian tribe by a State legislature or by a State commission or similar organization legislatively vested with State tribal recognition authority" can exhibition as a ...
For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities. As of January 8, 2024, 574 Indian tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States. [2] [3] Of these, 227 are located in Alaska and 109 are located in California.
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The protected areas of the United States are managed by an array of different federal, state, tribal and local level authorities and receive widely varying levels of protection. Some areas are managed as wilderness , while others are operated with acceptable commercial exploitation .