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  2. List of Indian reservations in the United States - Wikipedia

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    There are approximately 326 federally recognized Indian Reservations in the United States. [1] 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.

  3. Indian Reservations ‑ Map, US & Definition - HISTORY

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    The Indian reservation system established tracts of land called reservations for Native Americans to live on as white settlers took over their land.

  4. Indian reservation - Wikipedia

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    An American Indian reservation is an area of land held and governed by a U.S. federal government-recognized Native American tribal nation, whose government is autonomous, subject to regulations passed by the United States Congress and administered by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, and not to the U.S. state government in which it is ...

  5. 4 Facts About Indigenous Peoples Reservations - ThoughtCo

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    The term "Indian reservation" refers to the ancestral territory still occupied by an Indigenous nation. While there are approximately 574 federally recognized tribes in the U.S., there are only about 326 reservations.

  6. What is a federal Indian reservation ... - Indian Affairs

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    A federal Indian reservation is an area of land reserved for a tribe or tribes under treaty or other agreement with the United States, executive order, or federal statute or administrative action as permanent tribal homelands, and where the federal government holds title to the land in trust on behalf of the tribe.

  7. How American Indian Reservations Came to Be

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    An Indian reservation is land reserved for and managed by a Native American tribe, its sovereignty limited by federal and state or local law. Today, there are approximately 326 reservations in...

  8. This Interactive Map Shows Which Indigenous Lands You Live On

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    On the website, users can type their city, state or ZIP code into a search bar to see which Indigenous communities reside or resided there. The tool includes an option to apply “settler labels ...