USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The term “reservation” comes from the early days of Indian contact with the white people. The Indians gave up large portions of their land through treaties “reserving” a portion of the land for their own use. Reservations are usually small parcels of land on which Indian people were supposed to live.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the United States, Native American has been widely used but is falling out of favor with some groups, and the terms American Indian or Indigenous American are preferred by many Native people.

Detailed explanation-4: -In simple terms, reservation in India is all about reserving access to seats in the government jobs, educational institutions, and even legislatures to certain sections of the population. Also known as affirmative action, the reservation can also be seen as positive discrimination.