List of Indian reservations in the United StatesProportion of Indigenous Americans in each county of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as of the 2020 United States censusThis is a list of Native American reservations and other tribal homelands in the United States. In Canada, the Native American reserve is a similar institution. Federally recognized reservationsThere are approximately 326 federally recognized Indian Reservations in the United States.
Tribal sovereignty in the United StatesTribal sovereignty in the United States is the concept of the inherent authority of Indigenous tribes to govern themselves within the borders of the United States. The U.S. federal government recognized American Indian tribes as independent nations and came to policy agreements with them via treaties. As the U.S. accelerated its westward expansion, internal political pressure grew for "Indian removal", but the pace of treaty-making grew regardless.
Bureau of Indian AffairsUS government agencyThe Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to Native Americans and Alaska Natives, and administering and managing over 55,700,000 acres (225,000 km) of reservationsheld in trust by the U.S. federal government for indigenous tribes.
List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United StatesThis is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. As of December 18, 2025, 575 Indian tribes are legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States. Of these, 228 are located in Alaska, and 109 are located in California. Of the 575 federally recognized tribes, 347 are located in the contiguous United States.
State governments of the United StatesIn the United States, state governments are institutional units exercising functions of government within the country’s federal system, alongside the federal government. Each U.S. state's government holds legislative, executive, and judicial authority over a defined geographic territory.
Dawes ActPersonalBirthplaceWeddingGray GablesWestland Mansion28th Governor of New York1882 election22nd & 24th President of the United StatesPresidencies firstsecondInaugurations firstsecondJudicial appointmentsTenureTenure of Office ActInterstate Commerce Act of 1887Interstate Commerce CommissionDawes ActEnabling Act of 1889Panic of 1893Blount ReportMorgan ReportCoxey's ArmyPullman StrikeWilson–Gorman Tariff ActVenezuelan crisisPresidential campaigns1884conventionelection1888conventionelection1892conventionelectionLegacyCleveland National ForestCleveland ParkGrover Cleveland High School BuffaloLos AngelesQueensSS Cleveland 1920SS Cleveland 1947The Dawes Act of 1887 (also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887) regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States.
United States CongressBicameral legislature of the United StatesThe United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Representatives, and an upper body, the U.S. Senate. They both meet in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.Members of Congress are chosen through direct election, though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a governor's appointment.
Federal government of the United StatesNational governmentThe federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States. The United States federal government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The powers of these three branches are defined and vested by the Constitution of the United States, which has been in effect since 1789.
Rhode IslandRhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the NortheasternUnited States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island. Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly more than 1.11 million residents as of 2025.
IdahoU.S. stateState in the United StatesIdaho ( , ) is a landlocked state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west; the state shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border to the north with the Canadian province of British Columbia. Idaho's state capital and largest city is Boise.Land tenureIn common law systems, land tenure, from the French verb "tenir" meaning "to hold", is the legal regime in which land "owned" by an individual is possessed by someone else who is said to "hold" the land, based on an agreement between both individuals. It determines who can use land, for how long and under what conditions. Tenure may be based both on official laws and policies, and on informal local customs (insofar higher law does allow that).*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.