Reservations by State
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.
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The 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.
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There 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.…
There 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Court Oreille band of Chippewa of Lake SuperiorAcres: 20,096Established by: Treaty of Sept. 30, 1854 (x, 1109); lands withdrawn by General Land Office, Nov.22,…
There are 21 indian reservations in the state of Washington.
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There 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…
There are eight indian reservations in the state of Utah.
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There is only one Texas indian reservation.
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Fourteen 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 Continue to States with no indian reservations →
South 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,…
There are 12 indian reservations in the state of Oregon.
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There are 27 indian reservations in the state of Oklahoma, which was once known as Indian Territory.
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There are four indian reservations in the state of North Dakota.
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There 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.
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There are 15 indian reservations in the state of New York.
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New Mexico is home to 19 pueblos and three indian reservations.
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There are 16 indian reservations in the state of Nevada.
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There are seven indian reservations in Nebraska.
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There are eleven indian reservations in the state of Minnesota.
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There are three Massachusetts indian reservations.
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There are no indian reservations in the state of Maryland.
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There are three Maine indian reservations. Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation Penobscot Indian Island Reservation Continue to Maine Indian Reservations →
More 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.
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Seventeen 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.
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Nineteen 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.
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There 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.
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About 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.…
There 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,…
The 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.
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There are 86 Indian Reservations, Indian Colonies, and Rancherias within the state of California.
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There are 24 indian reservations in the state of Arizona.
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The 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…
There 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…
Montana has seven indian reservations.
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