USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -An Indian reservation is land that has been set aside by the federal government for the use, possession, and benefit of an Indian tribe or group of Indians. The terms Indian country and Indian reservation are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same.

Detailed explanation-2: -Federally recognized reservations In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos. In some western states, notably Nevada, there are Native American areas called Indian colonies.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -An Indian reservation is an area of land held and governed by a federally recognized Native American tribal nation whose government is accountable to the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs and not to the state government in which it is located.

Detailed explanation-5: -Indian Reservations in the US-Key takeaways The largest Indian reservation in the US is the Navajo Nation in the southwest, followed by the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Cherokee nations in Oklahoma, and the Uintah and Ouray reservation of the Utes in Utah.