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This is a list of historical Indian reservations in the United States. These Indian and Half-breed Reservations and Reserves were either disestablished or revoked. Few still exist as a considerably smaller remnant, or have been merged with other Indian Reservations, or recognised by state governments (such as Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area also known as OTSA) but not by the US federal government. __NOTOC__


Historical American Indian reservations


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* Amaknak Island Reserve (Alaska)—revoked by
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 18, 1971, constituting at the time the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANCSA was intended to resolve long-standing i ...
* Arikarees, Gros Ventre and Mandan Indian Reservation (North Dakota/Montana)—smaller remnant exists as part of
Fort Berthold Indian Reservation The Fort Berthold Indian Reservation is a U.S. Indian reservation in western North Dakota that is home for the federally recognized Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, also known as the Three Affiliated Tribes. The reservation includes lands o ...
(North Dakota) * Ashkum Indian Reservation (Indiana)—disestablished * Au Foin River Indian Reserves (Michigan)—disestablished * Au Sable River Indian Reserve (Michigan)—former 8,000 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
; disestablished * Aubbeenaubbee Indian Reservation (Indiana)—disestablished * Auglaize Indian Reserve (Ohio)—disestablished * Awn-kote Indian Reservation (Illinois)—disestablished


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* Beaubien Indian Reserves (Michigan)—disestablished * Bertrand Indian Reserves (Michigan)—disestablished * Big Rock Indian Reserve (Michigan)—former 10,000 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
; disestablished * Big Spring Reserve (Ohio)—disestablished * Black Bird Indian Community (Michigan)—former 6,000 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
; disestablished * Black Loon Indian Reservation (Indiana)—disestablished * Blanchard's Fork Reserve (Ohio)—disestablished * Brotherton Indian Reservation (New Jersey) * Bourbonné Indian Reserve (Illinois)—disestablished *
Buffalo Creek Reservation The Buffalo Creek Reservation was a tract of land surrounding Buffalo Creek in the central portion of Erie County, New York. It contained approximately of land and was set aside for the Seneca Nation following negotiations with the United States ...
(New York)—disestablished


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Cayuga Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (NY) Cayuga often refers to: * Cayuga people, a native tribe to North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy * Cayuga language, the language of the Cayuga Cayuga may also refer to: Places Canada * Cayuga, Ontario United States * Cayuga, Illinois ...
disestablished 1964 but recognized land claims 1995-2008 supreme court USA * Caddo-Wichita-Delaware Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Caddo-Wichita-Delaware OTSA * Caldwell Indian Reserve (IL)—disestablished *
Cass Lake Indian Reservation Cass may refer to: People and fictional characters * Cass (surname), a list of people * Cass (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Big Cass, ring name of wrestler William Morrissey * Cass, in British band Skunk Anansie * Cass ...
(MN)—merged with
Leech Lake Indian Reservation The Leech Lake Reservation (''Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag'' in the Ojibwe language) is an Indian reservation located in the north-central Minnesota counties of Cass, Itasca, Beltrami, and Hubbard. The reservation forms the land base for the federally ...
* Chandler Indian Reserve (MI)—disestablished * Charley Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Chechaukkose Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Cherokee Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished * Cherokee Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Cherokee OTSA *
Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian Reservation Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation were the lands granted the Southern Cheyenne and the Southern Arapaho by the United States under the Medicine Lodge Treaty signed in 1867. The tribes never lived on the land described in the treaty and did n ...
(OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Cheyenne-Arapaho OTSA * Chickasaw Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Chickasaw OTSA *
Chilkat Fisheries Reserve Chilkat or The Chilkat, or Chilkats, may refer to: Chilkat tribe and related uses * Chilkat Tlingit, a tribe found on the Chilkat River and on Chilkat Peninsula ** Chilkat Reservation, a U.S. Indian Reservation in Alaska, see List of Indian r ...
(AK)—revoked by
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 18, 1971, constituting at the time the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANCSA was intended to resolve long-standing i ...
* Chinquaqua Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Chippewa Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished * Chippewa Indian Reservation (MN)—merged with
Leech Lake Indian Reservation The Leech Lake Reservation (''Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag'' in the Ojibwe language) is an Indian reservation located in the north-central Minnesota counties of Cass, Itasca, Beltrami, and Hubbard. The reservation forms the land base for the federally ...
*
Choctaw Indian Reservation The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are ...
(OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Choctaw OTSA * Chopine Indian Reservation (Allen County, IN)—disestablished * Chopine Indian Reservation (Whitley County, IN)—disestablished * Citizen Potawatomi Nation-Absentee Shawnee Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Citizen Potawatomi Nation-Absentee Shawnee OTSA *
Coastal Indian Reservation The Coast Indian Reservation is a former Indian reservation in the U.S. state of Oregon, established in 1855. It was gradually reduced in size and in the 21st century is known as the present-day Siletz Reservation. History The Coast Reservation wa ...
(OR)—smaller remnant exists as the
Siletz Indian Reservation The Siletz Reservation is a 5.852 sq mi (15.157 km²) Indian reservation in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, owned by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz. The reservation is made up of numerous non-contiguous parcels of land in east-centra ...
* Creek Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Creek OTSA


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* Delaware Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished * Des Moines Half-Breed Reservation (IA)—disestablished


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Eastern Shawnee Indian Reservation Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai * Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways * Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 * Eastern Air ...
(OK)—disestablished but recognized as the
Eastern Shawnee OTSA The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma is one of three federally recognized Shawnee tribes. They are located in Oklahoma and Missouri. The tribe holds an annual powwow every September at their tribal complex. Government The headquarters of the Ea ...
* Elim Reserve (AK)—revoked by
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 18, 1971, constituting at the time the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANCSA was intended to resolve long-standing i ...
* Elkhart Indian Reserves (IN)—disestablished


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* Fairplain Indian Reserves (MI)—disestablished * Flat Belly Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Flint River Indian Reserve (MI)—a.k.a. Pewonigowink Reserve, 5,760 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
; disestablished


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Godfroy Reserve The Godfroy Reserve was a tract of land allotted to Francis Godfroy, Chief Francois Godfroy (Palaanswa), chief of an Indigenous peoples of the Americas, American native tribe, the Miami Nation, by United States government Indian treaties, Indian tr ...
(IN)—disestablished *
Great Sioux Reservation The Great Sioux Reservation initially set aside land west of the Missouri River in South Dakota and Nebraska for the use of the Lakota Sioux, who had dominated this territory. The reservation was established in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 ...
(ND/SD/NE)—smaller remnants exist as, or as part of, the
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation The Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was created by the United States in 1889 by breaking up the Great Sioux Reservation, following the attrition of the Lakota in a series of wars in the 1870s. The reservation covers almost all of Dewe ...
,
Lower Brule Indian Reservation The Lower Brulé Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation that belongs to the Lower Brulé Lakota Tribe. It is located on the west bank of the Missouri River in Lyman and Stanley counties in central South Dakota in the United States. It i ...
,
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ( lkt, Wazí Aháŋhaŋ Oyáŋke), also called Pine Ridge Agency, is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located entirely within the U.S. state of South Dakota. Originally included within the territory of the Gr ...
, Standing Rock Indian Reservation and Upper Brulé Indian Reservation (which its smaller remnant exists as the
Rosebud Indian Reservation The Rosebud Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in South Dakota, United States. It is the home of the federally recognized Rosebud Sioux Tribe, who are Sicangu, a band of Lakota people. The Lakota name ''Sicangu Oyate'' translates as ...
). * Gros Ventre, Piegan Blood, Blackfeet and River Crow Indian Reservation (MT)—smaller remnants exist as the
Blackfeet Indian Reservation The Blackfeet Nation ( bla, Aamsskáápipikani, script=Latn, ), officially named the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, is a federally recognized tribe of Siksikaitsitapi people with an Indian reservation in Mon ...
,
Fort Belknap Indian Reservation The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation ( ats, ’ak3ɔ́ɔyɔ́ɔ, lit=the fence or ats, ’ɔ’ɔ́ɔ́ɔ́nííítaan’ɔ, lit=Gros Ventre tribe, label=none) is shared by two Native American tribes, the A'aninin (Gros Ventre) and the Nakoda ...
and
Fort Peck Indian Reservation The Fort Peck Indian Reservation ( asb, húdam wįcášta, dak, Waxchį́ca oyáte) is located near Fort Peck, Montana, in the northeast part of the state. It is the home of several federally recognized bands of Assiniboine The Assinibo ...
, with Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation established in within the former Indian Reservation boundaries, in addition to scattered parcels of the
Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation (Ojibwe language: ''Mikinaakwajiwing'') is a reservation located in northern North Dakota, United States. It is the land base for the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. The population of the Turtle Moun ...
. * Gull Lake Indian Reservation (MN)—disestablished


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* Hog Creek Reserve (OH)—disestablished * Hole in the Days Indian Reservation (MN)—disestablished


I

* Île-à-l'Ail Indian Reservation (IN)—a.k.a. Bondie Reserve; disestablished * Iowa Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Iowa OTSA


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Juaneño The Acjachemen (, alternate spelling: Acagchemem) are an Indigenous people of California. They historically lived south of what is known as Aliso Creek and north of the Las Pulgas Canyon in what are now the southern areas of Orange County and ...
Indian Rancheria (CA) - disestablished, the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians claim the former
Marine Corps Air Station El Toro Marine Corps Air Station El Toro was a United States Marine Corps Air Station located next to the community of El Toro, near Irvine, California. Before it was decommissioned in 1999, it was the home of Marine Corps Aviation on the West Coast ...
was their historical Indian Reservation.


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Kansa Indian Reservation Kansa may refer to: * Kaw people or Kansa, a Native American tribe in Oklahoma and parts of Kansas ** Kansa language, a Siouan language of the Dhegihan group once spoken by the Kaw people * Kansa or Kamsa, a character in Hindu mythology, the rule ...
(KS)—disestablished *
Karluk Fishing Reserve Karluk or Qarluq may refer to: Alaska * Karluk River, a river on Kodiak Island in Alaska, USA. ** Karluk, Alaska, a town at the mouth of the Karluk River *** Karluk Airport * HMCS ''Karluk'', a ship crushed and sunk by Arctic ice in January 191 ...
(AK)—revoked by
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 18, 1971, constituting at the time the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANCSA was intended to resolve long-standing i ...
* Kaw Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Kaw OTSA * Kawkawlin Indian Reserve (MI)—6,000 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
; disestablished * Keokuk's Reserve (IA)—disestablished * Ketchewaundaugenick Indian Reserve (MI)—a.k.a. Big Lick Reserve, 3,000 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
; disestablished * Kewanna Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Kickapoo Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Kickapoo OTSA * Kiowa-Comanche-Apache-Fort Sill Apache Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache-Fort Sill Apache OTSA * Klukwan Reservation (AK)—revoked by
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 18, 1971, constituting at the time the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANCSA was intended to resolve long-standing i ...


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* LaFramboise Reserve (IL)—disestablished * LaFramboise Reserve (IN)—disestablished * Lake Pepin Half-Breed Reservation (MN)—disestablished * Lake Winnibigoshish Indian Reservation (MN)—merged with
Leech Lake Indian Reservation The Leech Lake Reservation (''Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag'' in the Ojibwe language) is an Indian reservation located in the north-central Minnesota counties of Cass, Itasca, Beltrami, and Hubbard. The reservation forms the land base for the federally ...
* LeClerc Reserve (IL)—disestablished * Lewistown Reserve (OH)—disestablished * Little Forks Indian Reserve (MI)—6,000 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
; disestablished


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* Machesaw Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Malheur Indian Reservation (OR)—disestablished * Mazaqua Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Me-naw-che Indian Reserve (MI)—disestablished * Memotway Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Menominee Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Menoequet Indian Community (MI)—1,000 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
; disestablished Possible later became known as Monoquet Village located on the
Tippecanoe River The Tippecanoe River ( ) is a gentle, U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 river in the Central Corn Belt Plains ecoregion in northern Indiana. It flows from Croo ...
in Monoquet,
Kosciusko County Kosciusko County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. At the 2020 United States Census, its population was 80,240. The county seat (and only incorporated city) is Warsaw. The county was organized in 1836. It was named for the Polish ge ...
,
Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
,
USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
. Chief Monoquet (also spelled Menoquet) and his village left Indiana to go west by 1836.
* Meshingomeshia Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Mesquabuck Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished *
Metlakatla Indian Reserve Metlakatla may refer to: * Metlakatla, Alaska (also known as New Metlakatla) * Metlakatla, British Columbia Metlakatla, British Columbia (Tsimshian: ''Maxłaxaała'') is a small community that is one of the seven Tsimshian village communities in ...
(AK)—smaller remnant exists as the
Annette Island Reserve Annette Island or ''Taak'w Aan'' (Tlingit) is an island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean on the southeastern coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is at . It is about long and about wide. The land area ...
* Metosanyah Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Miami Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished * Miami Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Miami OTSA * Minemaung Reserve (IL)—disestablished * Miranda Reserve (IL)—disestablished * Mo-ah-way Reserve (IL)—disestablished * Modoc Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Modoc OTSA * Monguago Indian Reserve (MI)—disestablished * Monoquet Indian Community (IN)—disestablished *
Moose Dungs Indian Reservation The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult male ...
(MN)—disestablished * Mota Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Mukkose Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished


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* Na-au-say Reserve (IL)—a.k.a. Waish-kee-shaw Reserve; disestablished * Nabobask Indian Reserve (MI)—a.k.a. Nanabish or Nebobish Reserve, 2,000 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
; disestablished * Naswawkee Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Neahlongqua Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished *
Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation The Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation was established by the Fourth Treaty of Prairie du Chien of 1830, which set aside a tract of land for the mixed-ancestry descendants of French-Canadian trappers and women of the Oto, Iowa, and Omaha, as well as ...
(NE)—disestablished * New York Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished * Neutrals Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished * Niobrara Indian Reservation (NE)—smaller remnant exists as the Santee Sioux Indian Reservation * North Maumee River Reserve (OH)—disestablished *Nottoway Indian Reservation (VA)—disestablished


O

* Ogallala Sioux Indian Reservation (SD/NE)—smaller remnant exists as the
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ( lkt, Wazí Aháŋhaŋ Oyáŋke), also called Pine Ridge Agency, is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located entirely within the U.S. state of South Dakota. Originally included within the territory of the Gr ...
(SD) * Ogee Reserve (IL)—disestablished * Okawmause Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Osage Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished * Otoe Indian Reservation (KS/NE)—disestablished * Otoe-Missouria Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Otoe-Missouria OTSA * Ottawa Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the
Ottawa OTSA The Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma is one of four federally recognized Native American tribes of Odawa people The Odawa (also Ottawa or Odaawaa ), said to mean "traders", are an Indigenous American ethnic group who primarily inhabit land in the E ...
* Ottawas of Blanchard's Fork Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished *
Ottawas of Roche de Boeuf and Wolf Rapids Indian Reservation The Odawa (also Ottawa or Odaawaa ), said to mean "traders", are an Indigenous American ethnic group who primarily inhabit land in the Eastern Woodlands region, commonly known as the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. They ha ...
(KS)—disestablished * Otusson Indian Community (MI)—8,000 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
; disestablished * Ouilmette Reserve (IL)—disestablished


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* Pankishaw and Wia Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished * Pawnee Indian Reservation (NE)—disestablished * Pawnee Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the
Pawnee OTSA The Pawnee are a Central Plains Indian tribe that historically lived in Nebraska and northern Kansas but today are based in Oklahoma. Today they are the federally recognized Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, who are headquartered in Pawnee, Oklahoma. Th ...
* Paw Paw Grove Reserve (IL)—a.k.a. As-sim-in-eh-kon Reserve; disestablished *
Peoria and Kaskaskia Indian Reservation Peoria can refer to: People * Peoria tribe, Native American tribe Places United States * Peoria, Arizona, largest city in the U.S. with that name; named after Peoria, Illinois. ** Peoria Unified School District ** Peoria Sports Complex ** Peor ...
(KS)—disestablished *
Peoria Indian Reservation Peoria can refer to: People * Peoria tribe, Native American tribe Places United States * Peoria, Arizona, largest city in the U.S. with that name; named after Peoria, Illinois. ** Peoria Unified School District **Peoria Sports Complex ** Peoria ...
(OK)—disestablished but recognized as the
Peoria OTSA The Peoria, also Peouaroua, are a Native American people. They are enrolled in the federally recognized Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma headquartered in Miami, Oklahoma. The Peoria people are descendants of the Illinois Confederation. The ...
* Point Au Gres Indian Reserve (MI)—2,000 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
; disestablished *
Pokegama Lake Indian Reservation Pokegama may refer to: Bodies of water in the United States * Pokegama Bay, a bay in Wisconsin * Pokegama Creek, a stream in Minnesota * Pokegama Lake (Minnesota), two lakes in Minnesota * Pokegama Lake, a lake in Minong (town), Wisconsin * Pokegam ...
(MN)—disestablished; was located along the
Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...
near
Grand Rapids, MN Grand Rapids is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States, and it is the county seat. The population is 11,126 according to the 2020 census. The city is named for the long rapids in the Mississippi River which was the uppermost limit ...
*
Pokegama Lake Indian Settlement Pokegama may refer to: Bodies of water in the United States * Pokegama Bay, a bay in Wisconsin * Pokegama Creek, a stream in Minnesota * Pokegama Lake (Minnesota), two lakes in Minnesota * Pokegama Lake, a lake in Minong (town), Wisconsin * Pok ...
(MN)—merged with
Mille Lacs Indian Reservation Mille Lacs Indian Reservation is the popular name for the land-base for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Central Minnesota, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The contemporary Mille Lacs Band reservation has significant ...
; located by the
Snake River The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, in turn, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Snake ...
near Pine City, MN * Ponca Indian Reservation (SD/NE)—disestablished. A new reservation
Ponca Indian Reservation (NE) The Ponca Reservation of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska is located in northeast Nebraska, with the seat of tribal government located in Niobrara, Knox County. The Indian reservation is also the location of the historic Ponca Fort called ''Nanza''. Th ...
re-established, within the original exterior boundaries of the Ponca Indian Reservation (SD/NE) but exterior of the smaller remnant of it before its disestablishment. * Ponca Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Ponca OTSA * Portsmouth Indian Reserve (MI)—640 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
located at the Great Bend of the Cass River; disestablished * Potawatomi Indian Reservation (KS)—smaller remnant exists as the
Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian Reservation The Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Jackson County, Kansas, United States. The Potawatomi used to be located in the Great Lakes area, but were forced to move west due to ...
* Pothier Reserve (IL)—disestablished


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Quapaw Indian Reservation The Quapaw ( ; or Arkansas and Ugahxpa) people are a tribe of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans that coalesced in what is known as the Midwest and Ohio Valley of the present-day United States. The Dhegiha Siouan-speaking tr ...
(OK)—disestablished but recognized as the
Quapaw OTSA The Quapaw ( ; or Arkansas and Ugahxpa) people are a tribe of Native Americans that coalesced in what is known as the Midwest and Ohio Valley of the present-day United States. The Dhegiha Siouan-speaking tribe historically migrated from the Oh ...


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* Rabbit Lake Indian Reservation (MN)—disestablished * Rifle River Indian Reserve (MI)—a.k.a. Mishowusk Reserve, 2,000 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
; disestablished * Robinson Reserve (IL)—disestablished * Roche de Bœuf Reserve (OH)—disestablished


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Sac and Fox Indian Reservation (NE) The Sac and Fox Reservation of Sauk (Sac) and Meskwaki (Fox) people is a 23.639 sq mi (61.226 km²) tract located in southeastern Richardson County, Nebraska, and northeastern Brown County, Kansas. It governed by the Sac and Fox Nation of Mi ...
—disestablished; not to be confused with the nearby Sac and Fox Indian Reservation (KS/NE) *
Sac and Fox Indian Reservation (OK) The Sac and Fox Reservation of Sauk people, Sauk (Sac) and Meskwaki, Meskwaki (Fox) people is a 23.639 sq mi (61.226 km²) tract located in southeastern Richardson County, Nebraska, and northeastern Brown County, Kansas. It governed by the Sac ...
—disestablished but recognized as the Sac and Fox OTSA * Saginaw Bay Indian Reservation (MI)—40,000 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
, smaller remnant now exists as part of the
Isabella Indian Reservation The Isabella Indian Reservation is the primary land base of the federally recognized Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation, located in Isabella County in the central part of the U.S. state of Michigan. The tribe also has some small parcels of off-rese ...
(MI) * Saginaw River Indian Reserve (MI)—1,000 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
; disestablished *
Sebastian Indian Reservation The Sebastian Indian Reservation (1853-1864), more commonly known as the Tejon Indian Reservation, was formerly at the southwestern corner of the San Joaquin Valley in the Tehachapi Mountains, in southern central California. It was located in the ...
(CA)—established in 1853; disestablished * Seminole Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Seminole OTSA * Seneca-Cayuga Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Seneca-Cayuga OTSA * Seneca Reserve (OH)—disestablished * Shab-eh-ney Reserve (IL)—disestablished * Shawwawnassee Reserve (IL)—disestablished * South Maumee River Reserve (OH)—disestablished * Stony Island Indian Reserve (MI)—a.k.a. Shaingwaukokaug Reserve, approximately 1,000 acre Reserve of the
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan ( oj, Ziibiwing Anishinaabek) is a federally recognized band of Chippewa (a.k.a. Ojibwe) located in central Michigan in the United States. The tribal government offices are located on the Isabella Indian ...
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* Table Rock Indian Reservation (OR)—disestablished *
Tetlin Reserve Tetlin may refer to: * Tetlin, Alaska * Tetlin Lake * Tetlin River * Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge is a dynamic landscape made up of forests, wetlands, tundra, lakes, mountains and glacial rivers bounded by the ...
(AK)—revoked by
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 18, 1971, constituting at the time the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANCSA was intended to resolve long-standing i ...
* Tonkawa Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Tonkawa OTSA * Topeah Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished


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Upper Brulé Indian Reservation Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found fo ...
(SD/NE)—smaller remnant exists as the
Rosebud Indian Reservation The Rosebud Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in South Dakota, United States. It is the home of the federally recognized Rosebud Sioux Tribe, who are Sicangu, a band of Lakota people. The Lakota name ''Sicangu Oyate'' translates as ...
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* Venetie Reserve (AK)—revoked by
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 18, 1971, constituting at the time the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANCSA was intended to resolve long-standing i ...


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* Wapakoneta Reserve (OH)—disestablished * Wapasepah Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Wau-pon-eh-see Indian Reservation (IL)—disestablished * Wesaw Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished *
White Oak Point Indian Reservation White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on ...
(MN)—merged with
Leech Lake Indian Reservation The Leech Lake Reservation (''Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag'' in the Ojibwe language) is an Indian reservation located in the north-central Minnesota counties of Cass, Itasca, Beltrami, and Hubbard. The reservation forms the land base for the federally ...
* Wolf Rapids Reserve (OH)—disestablished *
Wyandotte Indian Reservation Wyandotte may refer to: People and culture * Wyandotte Nation (also Wyandot), a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma * Wyandot language, the extinct language, now under revitalization efforts, of the Wyandotte Nation United S ...
(OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Wyandotte OTSA * Wyandott Reservation (OH)—disestablished


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See also

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Federally recognized tribes This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States of America. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United ...
* (Federally) unrecognized tribes *
Native Americans in the United States Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States ( Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United State ...
* List of Alaska Native tribal entities *
List of Indian reservations in the United States This is a list of Indian reservations and other tribal homelands in the United States. In Canada, the Indian reserve is a similar institution. Federally recognized reservations There are 326 Indian Reservations in the United States. Most of ...
* National Park Service Native American Heritage Sites * Outline of United States federal Indian law and policy *
State recognized tribes in the United States State-recognized tribes in the United States are organizations that identify as Native American tribes or heritage groups that do not meet the criteria for federally recognized Indian tribes but have been recognized by a process established unde ...


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