List of largest Indian reservations
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Here is a list of the 50 largest federally recognized Indian reservation
s in the United States by area. It includes all that are larger than 800 km² (300 sq. mi.). Area is defined as all areas included in Tribal Census Tracts by the Census Bureau, and includes water as well as land areas. Statistics are as of 1 April 2000, the date of the last census. These 50 reservations comprise 92.925% (271,087.96 km² of 291,729.22 km²) of all Indian reservation territory in the United States, and 64.66% (610,621 of 944,317) of their resident population. There are 311 federally recognized reservations in 33 states, plus four joint use areas that are shared by members of their adjacent tribes. The two smallest reservations are the Seminole Trust Land in Broward County, Florida
at 0.005175 km² (1.2788 acre
s), and the Likely Rancheria in Modoc County, California
at 0.006236 km² (1.5409 acres).
Indian reservation
An American Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs...
s in the United States by area. It includes all that are larger than 800 km² (300 sq. mi.). Area is defined as all areas included in Tribal Census Tracts by the Census Bureau, and includes water as well as land areas. Statistics are as of 1 April 2000, the date of the last census. These 50 reservations comprise 92.925% (271,087.96 km² of 291,729.22 km²) of all Indian reservation territory in the United States, and 64.66% (610,621 of 944,317) of their resident population. There are 311 federally recognized reservations in 33 states, plus four joint use areas that are shared by members of their adjacent tribes. The two smallest reservations are the Seminole Trust Land in Broward County, Florida
Broward County, Florida
-2000 Census:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,623,018 people, 654,445 households, and 411,645 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,346 people per square mile . There were 741,043 housing units at an average density of 615 per square mile...
at 0.005175 km² (1.2788 acre
Acre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
s), and the Likely Rancheria in Modoc County, California
Modoc County, California
Modoc County is a county located in the far northeast corner of the U.S. state of California, bounded by the state of Oregon to the north and the state of Nevada to the east. As of the 2010 census, its population was 9,686, up from 9,449 at the 2000 census. The current county seat is Alturas, the...
at 0.006236 km² (1.5409 acres).
Reservation | State(s) | Area (land and water): km² / sq. mi. | Population (2000 census) |
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Navajo Indian Reservation | Arizona / New Mexico / Utah | 62,409.12 / 24,096.30 | 180,462 |
Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation The Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation is located in northeastern Utah, USA. It is the homeland of the Northern Ute Tribe, and is the largest of three Indian reservations inhabited by members of the Ute Tribe of Native Americans. It lies in parts of seven counties; in descending order of land area... |
Utah | 17,677.74 / 6,825.41 | 19,182 |
Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation | Arizona | 11,535.22 / 4,453.77 | 10,787 |
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation 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 its victory over the Lakota in a series of wars in the 1870s. The reservation covers almost all of Dewey and Ziebach counties in South Dakota... |
South Dakota | 11,446.64 / 4,419.57 | 8,470 |
Standing Rock Indian Reservation Standing Rock Indian Reservation The Standing Rock Indian Reservation is a Lakota, Yanktonai and Dakota Indian reservation in North Dakota and South Dakota in the United States... |
South Dakota / North Dakota | 9,486.19 / 3,662.64 | 8,250 |
Crow Indian Reservation Crow Indian Reservation The Crow Indian Reservation is the homeland of the Crow Tribe of Indians of the State of Montana in the United States. The reservation is located in parts of Big Horn, Yellowstone, and Treasure counties in southern Montana... |
Montana | 9,340.89 / 3,606.54 | 6,894 |
Wind River Indian Reservation Wind River Indian Reservation Wind River Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation shared by the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes of Native Americans in the central western portion of the U.S. state of Wyoming... |
Wyoming | 9,147.86 / 3,532.01 | 23,250 |
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Pine Ridge Indian Reservation The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is an Oglala Sioux Native American reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Originally included within the territory of the Great Sioux Reservation, Pine Ridge was established in 1889 in the southwest corner of South Dakota on the Nebraska border... |
South Dakota / Nebraska | 8,993.53 / 3,472.42 | 15,521 |
Fort Peck Indian Reservation Fort Peck Indian Reservation The Fort Peck Indian Reservation is near Fort Peck, Montana. It is the homeland of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes of Native Americans. It is the ninth-largest Indian reservation in the United States and comprises parts of four counties. In descending order of land area they are Roosevelt, Valley,... |
Montana | 8,552.69 / 3,302.21 | 10,321 |
San Carlos Indian Reservation | Arizona | 7,582.00 / 2,927.43 | 9,385 |
Fort Apache Indian Reservation Fort Apache Indian Reservation The Fort Apache Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in Arizona, United States, encompassing parts of Navajo, Gila, and Apache counties. It is home to the federally recognized White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, a Western Apache tribe. It has a land area of 2,627.608... |
Arizona | 6,814.67 / 2,631.16 | 12,429 |
Hopi Indian Reservation | Arizona | 6,558.69 / 2,532.32 | 6,946 |
Blackfeet Indian Reservation Blackfeet Indian Reservation The Blackfeet Indian Reservation or Blackfeet Nation is an Indian reservation of the Blackfeet tribe in Montana in the United States. It is located east of Glacier National Park and borders Canada to the north. Cut Bank Creek and Birch Creek make up part of its eastern and southern borders... |
Montana | 6,217.72 / 2,400.67 | 10,100 |
Osage Indian Reservation | Oklahoma | 5,966.80 / 2,303.80 | 44,437 |
Yakama Indian Reservation Yakama Indian Reservation The Yakama Indian Reservation is a United States Indian reservation located on the east side of the Cascade Mountains in southern Washington. It is the homeland of the Yakama tribe of Native Americans.... |
Washington | 5,665.75 / 2,187.56 | 31,799 |
Colville Indian Reservation Colville Indian Reservation The Colville Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Washington, inhabited and managed by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, which is recognized by the United States of America as an American Indian Tribe... |
Washington | 5,659.60 / 2,185.18 | 7,587 |
Flathead Indian Reservation Flathead Indian Reservation The Flathead Indian Reservation, located in western Montana on the Flathead River, is home to the Bitterroot Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d'Oreilles Tribes - also known as theConfederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation... |
Montana | 5,328.50 / 2,057.35 | 26,172 |
Rosebud Indian Reservation Rosebud Indian Reservation The Rosebud Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in South Dakota, United States. It is the home of the federally recognized Sicangu Oyate, also known as Sicangu Lakota, the Upper Brulé Sioux Nation, and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe , a branch of the Lakota people... |
South Dakota | 5,114.06 / 1,974.55 | 20,762 (2003) |
Hualapai Indian Reservation | Arizona | 4,155.81 / 1,604.57 | 1,353 |
Fort Berthold Indian Reservation | North Dakota | 4,099.10 / 1,582.67 | 5,915 |
Lake Traverse Indian Reservation Lake Traverse Indian Reservation The Lake Traverse Indian Reservation is the homeland of the Sisseton–Wahpeton Oyate, a branch of the Sioux group of Native Americans. The reservation is located in parts of five counties in extreme northeastern South Dakota and parts of two counties in southeastern North Dakota, USA... |
South Dakota / North Dakota | 3,906.95 / 1,508.48 | 10,409 |
Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation | New Mexico | 3,541.35 / 1,367.32 | 2,755 |
Leech Lake Indian Reservation Leech Lake Indian Reservation The Leech Lake Indian Reservation or Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag in the Ojibwe language, is an Native American reservation located in the north-central Minnesota counties of Cass, Itasca, Beltrami, and Hubbard. It is the land-base for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe... |
Minnesota | 3,392.65 / 1,309.91 | 10,205 |
Red Lake Indian Reservation Red Lake Indian Reservation The Red Lake Indian Reservation covers 1,258.62 sq mi in parts of nine counties in northern Minnesota, United States. It is divided into many pieces, although the largest piece is centered about Red Lake, in north-central Minnesota, the largest lake entirely within that state. This section lies... |
Minnesota | 3,259.81 / 1,258.62 | 5,162 |
Nez Perce Indian Reservation | Idaho | 3,119.18 / 1,204.32 | 17,959 |
White Earth Indian Reservation White Earth Indian Reservation The White Earth Indian Reservation is the home to the White Earth Nation, located in northwestern Minnesota. It is the largest Indian reservation in that state... |
Minnesota | 3,022.15 / 1,166.86 | 9,192 |
Southern Ute Indian Reservation Southern Ute Indian Reservation The Southern Ute Indian Reservation lies in southwestern Colorado, USA, along the northern border of New Mexico. Its territory consists of land from three counties; in descending order of surface area they are La Plata, Archuleta, and Montezuma Counties. The reservation has a land area of 1,058.785... |
Colorado | 2,754.14 / 1,063.38 | 11,159 |
Warm Springs Indian Reservation Warm Springs Indian Reservation The Warm Springs Indian Reservation consists of 1,019.385 sq mi in north central Oregon, in the United States, and is occupied and governed by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.-Tribes:... |
Oregon | 2,651.58 / 1,023.78 | 3,314 |
Fort Belknap Indian Reservation Fort Belknap Indian Reservation The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is a semi-autonomous Native American-governed territory covering 1,014.064 sq mi , and is located in north central Montana. This includes the main portion of their homeland, as well as off-reservation trust land. It is shared by two Native American tribes, the... |
Montana | 2,637.56 / 1,018.37 | 2,959 |
Ute Mountain Indian Reservation Ute Mountain Ute Tribe The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe is one of three federally recognized tribes of the Ute Nation, and are mostly descendants of the historic Weeminuche Band who moved to the Southern Ute reservation in 1897... |
Colorado / New Mexico / Utah | 2,333.27 / 900.88 | 1,687 |
Fort Hall Indian Reservation Fort Hall Indian Reservation The Fort Hall Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation of the federally recognized Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is located in southeastern Idaho on the Snake River Plain north of Pocatello, and comprises 814.874 sq mi of land area in four counties: Bingham, Power,... |
Idaho | 2,216.00 / 855.60 | 5,762 |
Laguna Pueblo Laguna Pueblo Laguna is a Native American tribe of the Pueblo people in west-central New Mexico, USA. The name, Laguna, is Spanish and derives from the lake located on their reservation. The real Keresan name of the tribe is Kawaik. The population of the tribe exceeds 7,000 , making it the largest Keresan... |
New Mexico | 2,014.80 / 777.92 | 3,815 |
Zuni Indian Reservation Zuni Indian Reservation The Zuni Indian Reservation is the homeland of the Zuni tribe of Native Americans. It lies in the Zuni River valley and is located primarily in McKinley and Cibola counties in western New Mexico, about west of Albuquerque. There are also several smaller non-contiguous sections in Apache County,... |
New Mexico / Arizona | 1,878.98 / 725.48 | 7,758 |
Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation The Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation is a United States reservation in northwestern Nevada ~approximately northeast of Reno, in Washoe, Storey, and Lyon Counties. It lies almost entirely in Washoe County , with but tiny amounts of land in the other two counties . It is governed by the Pyramid Lake... |
Nevada | 1,878.00 / 725.10 | 1,734 |
Mescalero Indian Reservation | New Mexico | 1,862.94 / 719.29 | 3,156 |
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, formerly named the Tongue River Indian Reservation, is an Indian reservation that is home to the Northern Cheyenne tribe of the Native Americans. It is located around the small towns of Lame Deer and Ashland, Montana, in parts of Rosebud and Big Horn... |
Montana / South Dakota | 1,831.43 / 707.12 | 4,470 |
Yankton Indian Reservation Yankton Indian Reservation The Yankton Indian Reservation is the homeland of the Yankton subgroup of the Sioux tribe of Native Americans.The reservation occupies the southeasternmost 60 percent of Charles Mix County in southeastern South Dakota, United States... |
South Dakota | 1,772.60 / 684.41 | 6,500 |
Acoma Pueblo Acoma Pueblo Acoma Pueblo is a Native American pueblo approximately 60 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico in the United States. Three reservations make up Acoma Pueblo: Sky City , Acomita, and McCartys. The Acoma Pueblo tribe is a federally recognized tribal entity... |
New Mexico | 1,541.44 / 595.15 | 2,802 |
Gila River Indian Reservation | Arizona | 1,512.49 / 583.98 | 11,257 |
Spirit Lake Indian Reservation Spirit Lake Tribe The Spirit Lake Tribe is a Sioux tribe. Its reservation is located in east-central North Dakota on the southern shores of Devils Lake... |
North Dakota | 1,492.18 / 576.13 | 4,435 |
Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation | Idaho | 1,390.23 / 536.77 | 6,551 |
Walker River Indian Reservation Walker River Indian Reservation The Walker River Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation located in central Nevada in the United States. It is located along the Walker River between Yerington and Walker Lake. At the current lake level, the reservation has only a small frontage on Walker Lake... |
Nevada | 1,376.89 / 531.62 | 853 |
Crow Creek Indian Reservation | South Dakota | 1,194.35 / 461.14 | 2,225 |
Duck Valley Indian Reservation Duck Valley Indian Reservation The Duck Valley Indian Reservation was established as a homeland for members of both the Shoshone and Paiute tribes of Native Americans. It lies directly on the state line between Idaho and Nevada in the western United States... |
Idaho / Nevada | 1,172.02 / 452.52 | 1,265 |
Colorado River Indian Reservation Colorado River Indian Reservation The Colorado River Indian Reservation is 189 miles west of Phoenix, Arizona, on highway 95. It lies in western La Paz County, Arizona, southeastern San Bernardino County, California, and northeastern Riverside County, California. It has a total land area of 432.22 sq mi , and most of it lies... |
Arizona / California | 1,137.55 / 439.21 | 9,201 |
Lower Brule Indian Reservation 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 central South Dakota in the United States. It is adjacent to the Crow Creek Indian Reservation... |
South Dakota | 1,009.11 / 389.62 | 1,353 |
Menominee Indian Reservation Menominee Indian Reservation The Menominee Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation located in northeastern Wisconsin for the Menominee.For the most part it is conterminous with Menominee County and the town of Menominee. However, there are many small pockets of territory within the county that are not considered to be... |
Wisconsin | 934.78 / 360.92 | 3,225 |
Isleta Pueblo Isleta Pueblo Isleta Pueblo is an unincorporated Tanoan pueblo in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States, originally established around the 14th century.-Overview:... |
New Mexico | 857.66 / 331.14 | 3,166 |
Quinault Indian Reservation | Washington | 840.03 / 324.34 | 1,370 |
Omaha Indian Reservation | Nebraska / Iowa | 803.28 / 310.15 | 5,194 |