What is Indian reservation?
[[File:Bia-map-indian-reservations-usa.png|thumb|right|300px|A map of the Indian reservations in the United States.]] An '''Indian reservation''' is a place in the [[United States]] where [[Native American|Native Americans]] [[Management|manage]] their own [[land]] under the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|US Bureau of Indian Affairs]]. They are not managed by the [[List of U.S. states|state government]]s. There are currently 326 Indian reservations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bia.gov/FAQs/ |title=Frequently Asked Questions, Bureau of Indian Affairs |publisher= Department of the Interior |access-date=12 August 2015}}</ref> Some tribes do not have their own reservations. In some cases a reservation may be shared by two or more tribes. The 2000 [[United States]] [[census]] showed a larger number of Native Americans and [[Alaska|Alaska Natives]] no longer lived on Indian reservations. Many now live in larger cities like [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] and [[Los Angeles|Las Vegas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/housing_patterns/pdftoc.html |title=Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation in the United States: 1980-2000 |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=2012-06-05}}</ref><ref>For Los Angeles, see Allen, J. P. and E. Turner, 2002. Text and map of the metropolitan area show the widespread urban distribution of California and other Indians.</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/DOCUMENTS/RESERV.PDF BIA A full-size map of Indian reservations in the United States] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226135318/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/DOCUMENTS/RESERV.PDF |date=2011-02-26 }} * [http://www.fema.gov/government/tribal/index.shtm List of Indian reservations] * [http://www.usdakotawar.org/history/newcomers-us-government-military-federal-acts-assimilation-policies/what-reservation What is a reservation?] *[https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zshwv9q/revision/1 BBC Bitesize]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-att