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 ...

* 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; 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; disestablished * Big Spring Reserve (Ohio)—disestablished * Black Bird Indian Community (Michigan)—former 6,000 acre Reserve of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation; 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) 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 (MN)—merged with Leech Lake Indian Reservation * 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 ...

(OK)—disestablished but recognized as the

Cheyenne-Arapaho OTSA The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes are a united, federally recognized tribe of Southern Arapaho and Southern Cheyenne people in western Oklahoma. History The Cheyennes and Arapahos are two distinct tribes with distinct histories. The Cheyenne (Tsi ...

* Chickasaw Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Chickasaw OTSA * Chilkat Fisheries Reserve (AK)—revoked by

* Chinquaqua Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Chippewa Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished * Chippewa Indian Reservation (MN)—merged with Leech Lake Indian Reservation * Choctaw Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the

Choctaw OTSA The Choctaw Nation (Choctaw: ''Chahta Okla'') is a Native American territory covering about , occupying portions of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. The Choctaw Nation is the third-largest federally recognized tribe in the United ...

* Chopine Indian Reservation (Allen County, IN)—disestablished * Chopine Indian Reservation (Whitley County, IN)—disestablished *

Citizen Potawatomi Nation-Absentee Shawnee Indian Reservation Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

(OK)—disestablished but recognized as the

Citizen Potawatomi Nation-Absentee Shawnee OTSA Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

* Coastal Indian Reservation (OR)—smaller remnant exists as the Siletz Indian Reservation *

Creek Indian Reservation A creek in North America and elsewhere, such as Australia, is a stream that is usually smaller than a river. In the British Isles it is a small tidal inlet. Creek may also refer to: People * Creek people, also known as Muscogee, Native Americans ...

(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 (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Eastern Shawnee OTSA * Elim Reserve (AK)—revoked by

* 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; disestablished

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* Godfroy Reserve (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,

Standing Rock Indian Reservation The Standing Rock Reservation ( lkt, Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ) lies across the border between North and South Dakota in the United States, and is inhabited by ethnic " Hunkpapa and Sihasapa bands of Lakota Oyate and the Ihunktuwona and Pabaks ...

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 t ...

). * Gros Ventre, Piegan Blood, Blackfeet and River Crow Indian Reservation (MT)—smaller remnants exist as the Blackfeet Indian Reservation,

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, Nakota, Lakota, ...

, with

Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation (also known as Rocky Boy Reservation) is one of seven Native American reservations in the U.S. state of Montana. Established by an act of Congress on September 7, 1916, it was named after ''Ahsiniiwin'' ( Stone Ch ...

established in within the former Indian Reservation boundaries, in addition to scattered parcels of the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. * Gull Lake Indian Reservation (MN)—disestablished

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

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* 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 Indian Rancheria (CA) - disestablished, the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians claim the former

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was their historical Indian Reservation.

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* Kansa Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished * Karluk Fishing Reserve (AK)—revoked by

* Kaw Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the

Kaw OTSA The Kaw Nation (or Kanza or Kansa) is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma and parts of Kansas. It comes from the central Midwestern United States. It has also been called the "People of the South wind",

* Kawkawlin Indian Reserve (MI)—6,000 acre Reserve of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation; 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; disestablished * Kewanna Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Kickapoo Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the

Kickapoo OTSA The Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma is one of three federally recognized Kickapoo tribes in the United States. There are also Kickapoo tribes in Kansas, Texas, and Mexico. The Kickapoo are a Woodland tribe, who speak an Algonquian language.Kuhlm ...

* 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

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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 * LeClerc Reserve (IL)—disestablished * Lewistown Reserve (OH)—disestablished * Little Forks Indian Reserve (MI)—6,000 acre Reserve of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation; disestablished

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* Machesaw Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished *

Malheur Indian Reservation The Malheur Indian Reservation was an American Indian reservation established for the Northern Paiute in eastern Oregon and northern Nevada from 1872 to 1879. The federal government discontinued the reservation after the Bannock War of 1878, und ...

(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; disestablished Possible later became known as Monoquet Village located on the Tippecanoe River in

Monoquet Monoquet is an unincorporated community in Plain Township, Kosciusko County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History Monoquet uh-NUH-kwetwas laid out in 1834, later being founded in 1844 when a post office was established on January 29, 1844; clo ...

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 ...

, USA. 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 (AK)—smaller remnant exists as the Annette Island Reserve * Metosanyah Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Miami Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished * Miami Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the

Miami OTSA The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma ( mia, myaamionki noošonke siipionki, ''meaning: "Miami homelands along the Neosho River'') is the only federally recognized Native American tribe of Miami Indians in the United States.Koenig, PamelaMiami.''Oklaho ...

* 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 The Modoc Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Modoc people, located in Ottawa County in the northeast corner of Oklahoma and Modoc and Siskiyou counties in northeast California.Self, Burl EModoc.''Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia ...

* Monguago Indian Reserve (MI)—disestablished * Monoquet Indian Community (IN)—disestablished * Moose Dungs Indian Reservation (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; disestablished * Naswawkee Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Neahlongqua Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished * Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation (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

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* Ogallala Sioux Indian Reservation (SD/NE)—smaller remnant exists as the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (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 in the United States. Its Algonquian-speaking ancestors had migrated gradually from the Atlantic coast and Great Lakes areas, reaching what ...

* Ottawas of Blanchard's Fork Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished * Ottawas of Roche de Boeuf and Wolf Rapids Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished * Otusson Indian Community (MI)—8,000 acre Reserve of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation; 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 * Paw Paw Grove Reserve (IL)—a.k.a. As-sim-in-eh-kon Reserve; disestablished * Peoria and Kaskaskia Indian Reservation (KS)—disestablished * Peoria Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Peoria OTSA * Point Au Gres Indian Reserve (MI)—2,000 acre Reserve of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation; 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 * Poke ...

(MN)—disestablished; was located along the

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near Grand Rapids, MN * Pokegama Lake Indian Settlement (MN)—merged with Mille Lacs Indian Reservation; 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) 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 The Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, also known as the Ponca Nation, is one of two federally recognized tribes of Ponca people. The other is the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska. Traditionally, peoples of both tribes have spoken the Omaha-Ponca languag ...

* Portsmouth Indian Reserve (MI)—640 acre Reserve of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation located at the Great Bend of the Cass River; disestablished * Potawatomi Indian Reservation (KS)—smaller remnant exists as the Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian Reservation * Pothier Reserve (IL)—disestablished

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* Quapaw Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Quapaw OTSA

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Rabbit Lake Indian Reservation Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit sp ...

(MN)—disestablished * Rifle River Indian Reserve (MI)—a.k.a. Mishowusk Reserve, 2,000 acre Reserve of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation; disestablished * Robinson Reserve (IL)—disestablished * Roche de Bœuf Reserve (OH)—disestablished

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* Sac and Fox Indian Reservation (NE)—disestablished; not to be confused with the nearby Sac and Fox Indian Reservation (KS/NE) * Sac and Fox Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Sac and Fox OTSA * Saginaw Bay Indian Reservation (MI)—40,000 acre Reserve of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation, smaller remnant now exists as part of the Isabella Indian Reservation (MI) * Saginaw River Indian Reserve (MI)—1,000 acre Reserve of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation; disestablished * Sebastian Indian Reservation (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; disestablished

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Table Rock Indian Reservation Table Rock Reservation was a short-lived Indian reservation north of the Rogue River in Oregon, United States. It was established by treaty with the Rogue River Indians in 1853. Following the conclusion of the Rogue River Wars in 1856, the Nati ...

(OR)—disestablished * Tetlin Reserve (AK)—revoked by

* Tonkawa Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the Tonkawa OTSA * Topeah Indian Reservation (IN)—disestablished

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* Upper Brulé Indian Reservation (SD/NE)—smaller remnant exists as the

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* Venetie Reserve (AK)—revoked by

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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 (MN)—merged with Leech Lake Indian Reservation * Wolf Rapids Reserve (OH)—disestablished * Wyandotte Indian Reservation (OK)—disestablished but recognized as the

Wyandotte OTSA The Wyandotte Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe in northeastern Oklahoma. They are descendants of the Wendat Confederacy and Native Americans with territory near Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. Under pressure from Haudenosaun ...

* Wyandott Reservation (OH)—disestablished

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