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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. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos.
At roughly 17,544,500 acres (71,000 km 2; 27,413 sq mi), the Navajo Nation is the largest Indian reservation in the United States, exceeding the size of ten U.S. states. It is one of the few reservations whose lands overlap the nation's traditional homelands.
The largest reservation, the Navajo Nation Reservation, is similar in size to the state of West Virginia. Reservations are unevenly distributed throughout the country, the majority being situated west of the Mississippi River and occupying lands that were first reserved by treaty ( Indian Land Grants ) from the public domain.
Hinchasones Indian Reservation, Toledo; Machaca Indian Reservation, Toledo ... Size (hectares) Date Established ... The largest indigenous group is the Hakka followed ...
The Wind River Indian Reservation is the seventh-largest American Indian reservation in the United States by area and the fifth-largest [6] by population. The land area is approximately 2.2 million acres (3,438 sq mi; 8,903 km 2), and the total area (land and water) is 3,532.01 square miles (9,147.9 km 2).
Reservation name Tribe Counties Map Population [Note 1] Notes Bois Forte Indian Reservation: Ojibwe: Itasca, Koochiching, and St. Louis: 984 Fond du Lac Indian Reservation: Ojibwe: Carlton and St. Louis: 4,184 Owns off-reservation trust land in Douglas County, Wisconsin. Grand Portage Indian Reservation: Ojibwe: Cook: 618 Leech Lake Indian ...
Pine Ridge is the eighth-largest reservation in the United States and it is the poorest. The population of Pine Ridge suffer health conditions, including high mortality rates, depression, alcoholism, drug abuse, malnutrition and diabetes, among others. Reservation access to health care is limited compared to urban areas, and it is not sufficient.
Amaknak Island Reserve (Alaska)—revoked by Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Arikarees, Gros Ventre and Mandan Indian Reservation (North Dakota/Montana)—smaller remnant exists as part of Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (North Dakota) Ashkum Indian Reservation (Indiana)—disestablished Au Foin River Indian Reserves (Michigan)—disestablished Au Sable River Indian Reserve (Michigan ...