USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -reservation, also called reserve or (in Australia) station, tract of land set aside by a government for the use of one or more aboriginal peoples. In the early 21st century, reservations existed on every continent except Antarctica but were most numerous in the United States, Canada, and Australia.

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: -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: -Reservation is a system of affirmative action in India that provides historically advantaged groups representation in education, employment, government schemes, scholarships and politics.