The Death Valley Indian Community is home to the federally recognized Timbasha Shoshone. This reservation was not formally recognized as an Indian reservation until 1982. It encompasses just under 10,000 acres. President Hoover took the tribe’s ancestral lands to create the Death Valley National Monument in 1933.
Reservations by State
Reservations by State
Agua Caliente Indian Reservation
22 ViewsThe Agua Caliente Indian Reservation is home to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. This tribe received federal recognition in 1957. The Agua Caliente Indian Reservation was founded in 1896. A period of forced cultural assimilation followed, including taking Indian children to boarding schools where they were forbidden to speak their language.
Wyoming Indian Reservations
22 ViewsThere is one indian reservation in Wyoming. Wyoming Indian Reservations Reservation: Wind RiverTribes: Northern Arapaho and Eastern Band of Shoshoni.Acres: 95, 307Established by: Treaty of July 3, 1868 (xv, 673); acts of June 22, 1874 (xviIi, 166), and Dec. 15, 1874 (xviii, 291); Executive order, May 21, 1887; agreement made Apr. 21, 1896, amended […]
Wisconsin indian reservations
23 ViewsThere are seven indian reservations in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Indian Reservations Reservation: Lac Court OreilleTribes: Lac Court Oreille band of Chippewa of Lake SuperiorAcres: 20,096Established by: Treaty of Sept. 30, 1854 (x, 1109); lands withdrawn by General Land Office, Nov.22, 1860, Apr. 4, 1865 (see report by Secretary of the Interior, Mar. 1, 1873). Act […]
Washington State Indian Reservations
23 ViewsThere are 21 indian reservations in the state of Washington.
Virginia Indian Reservations
22 ViewsThere are no federal indian reservations in the state of Virginia. However, there are a number of state recognized tribes who have community lands. They are: Virginia Indian Reservations Chickahominy Tribe:RFD 1, PO Box 299Providence Forge, VA 23140 Eastern Chickahominy Tribe:Route 2, PO Box 90Providence Forge, VA 23140 Mattaponi Indian Tribe:Route 2, PO Box […]
Utah Indian Reservations
22 ViewsThere are eight indian reservations in the state of Utah.
Texas Indian Reservations
22 ViewsThere is only one Texas indian reservation.
States with no indian reservations
37 ViewsFourteen states have no indian reservations. States with no indian reservations Arkansas Delaware Georgia Illinois Kentucky Maryland New Hampshire New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont Virginia West Virginia
South Dakota Indian Reservations
38 ViewsSouth Dakota Indian Reservations Reservation: Crow Creek and Old WinnebagoTribes: Lower Yanktonai, Lower Brulé, Miniconjou, and Two Kettle (Oohenonpa) Sioux.Acres: 111,711Established by: Order of department, July 1, 1863; treaty of Apr. 29, 1868 (xv, 635); and Executive order, Feb. 27, 1885, annulled by the President’s proclamation of Apr. 17, 1885; act of Mar. 2, 1889 […]
Oregon Indian Reservations
23 ViewsThere are 12 indian reservations in the state of Oregon.
Oklahoma Indian Reservations
73 ViewsThere are 27 indian reservations in the state of Oklahoma, which was once known as Indian Territory.
North Dakota Indian Reservations
34 ViewsThere are four indian reservations in the state of North Dakota.
North Carolina Indian Reservations
26 ViewsThere is one one land trust area in the state of North Carolina. As a trust, the land is technically not a “reservation” per se, in that tribal members can buy and own the land, provided they are enrolled members of the Tribe of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee of North Carolina.
New York Indian Reservations
23 ViewsThere are 15 indian reservations in the state of New York.
New Mexico is home to 19 pueblos and three indian reservations.
Nevada Indian Reservations
23 ViewsThere are 16 indian reservations in the state of Nevada.
Nebraska Indian Reservations
24 ViewsThere are seven indian reservations in Nebraska.
Minnesota Indian Reservations
24 ViewsThere are eleven indian reservations in the state of Minnesota.
Michigan Indian Reservations
37 ViewsThere are five American indian reservations in the state of Michigan.
Massachusettes Indian Reservations
22 ViewsThere are three Massachusetts indian reservations.
Maryland Indian Reservations
23 ViewsThere are no indian reservations in the state of Maryland.
Maine Indian Reservations
22 ViewsThere are three Maine indian reservations. Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation Penobscot Indian Island Reservation
Kansas Indian Reservations
38 ViewsMore than thirty-five tribes and bands lived in Kansas at one time or another. Many tribes were moved there during the indian removal years. Today, thre are six indian reservations in Kansas.
Iowa Indian Reservations
31 ViewsSeventeen indian tribes either lived in or hunted in Iowa at one time or another. Today, there are three current indian reservations in the state of Iowa, and one that has been disbanned.
Idaho Indian Reservations
23 ViewsNineteen different indian tribes either lived or hunted in the state of Idaho. Today, there are four indian reservations in Idaho. There were two more that are no longer in existence.
Hawaii Indian Reservations
23 ViewsThere are no indian reservations in Hawaii. Instead, they have Hawaiian homelands. A Hawaiian home land is an area held in trust for Native Hawaiians by the state of Hawaii under by the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1921.
In 1921, the federal government of the United States set aside as approximately 200,000 acres (810 km2) in the Territory of Hawaii as a land trust for homesteading by Native Hawaiians. The law mandating this, passed by the U.S. Congress on July 9, 1921, was called the “Hawaiian Homes Commission Act” (HHCA) and, with amendments, is still in effect today.
Florida Indian Reservations
42 ViewsAbout fifty-four indian tribes have been associated with the state of Florida at one time or another. Many of these tribes are now extinct, or were combined to make new tribes, or removed from the state by the US Government. At one time, there were eleven different reservations in Florida. Today, there are seven federally recognized […]
Connecticut Indian Reservations
22 ViewsThere were once 13 different tribes who roamed the lands we now call Connecticut. The name of this state comes from the Indian word Quinnehtukqut meaning “beside the long tidal river.” There were once nine indian reservations in Connecticut. Today, there are two state recognized indian reservations. Corun Hill Reservation (1680 in Huntington) Eastern Pequot […]
Colorado Indian Reservations
22 ViewsThe land now known as the state of Colorado was once used by 15 different native American tribes. Today, there are two indian reservations in Colorado.
California Indian Reservations
23 ViewsThere are 86 Indian Reservations, Indian Colonies, and Rancherias within the state of California.
Arizona Indian Reservations
22 ViewsThere are 24 indian reservations in the state of Arizona.
Alaska Indian Reservations
25 ViewsThe Metlakatla Indian Community is the only Native Reservation in Alaska. There are many other indian tribes in Alaska, but most Alaskan natives have a different land system than the tribes in the continental US. There is only one Alaska Indian Reservation Alaska Natives were not given title to land under the Dawes Act but were instead treated […]
Alabama Indian Reservations
22 ViewsThere is one american indian reservation in the state of Alabama The Poarch Creek Indian Reservation is a Creek Indian reservation in the state of Alabama. It is the home of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, the only federally recognized Indian tribe in the state.
Montana Indian Reservations
22 ViewsMontana has seven indian reservations.