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The following is a list of Native reserves in Quebec, Canada.It includes only the reserves that are officially designated as Indian reserve and fall under the jurisdiction of the Canadian government's Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.
Perche is known by the following ancient Latin and French toponymic designations: saltus Particus, silva Perticus before the 6th century, pagus quem Pert[ic]ensem vocant and pagus pertensis in the 6th century, pagus Perticus no date and c. 815, Particus saltus in the 11th century, silva Perticus in 1045, [le] Perche in 1160–1174 and in 1308, Perche in 1238, foresta de Pertico in 1246, [3] [4 ...
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. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos.
The Nett Lake Indian Reservation (Ojibwe: Asabiikone-zaaga`iganiing, "At the Lake for Netting"), located at , is the primary reservation holding, containing the unincorporated community of Nett Lake The area of 162.872 sq mi (421.838 km 2 ) surrounds Nett Lake in Koochiching and St. Louis counties.
Early French explorers' maps state the island was named Isle au Large, or Isle du Large.Possible meanings include "at a distance", since Peche Island is the farthest island upstream, on the Detroit River, before entering Lake St. Clair, or "keep your distance", because of dangerous shallows on the north side.
The Indian Reserve of Mashteuiatsh is located at the junction of Roberval and Saint-Prime, on the shore of the Lac Saint-Jean in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec.It is located at 68 kilometres (42 mi) west of Alma and it covers an area of 1,443 hectares (3,570 acres).
Pech Merle is a French hillside cave at Cabrerets, in the Lot département of the Occitania region, about 32 kilometres (19.88 miles) east of Cahors, by road.It is one of the few prehistoric cave painting sites in France that remains open to the general public, albeit with an entry fee.
Saint-Pierre-des-Corps (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ de kɔʁ] ⓘ) is a commune in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France. [3] It is located about 4 km (2.5 mi) from Tours .