Here is a list of the 50 largest federally recognized Indian reservations 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…
The Colorado River Indian Tribes are federally recognized, and include four distinct Tribes - the Mohave, Chemehuevi, Hopi and Navajo. The four tribes continue to maintain and observe theirContinue to Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation →
The Death Valley Timbi-sha Shoshone Tribe has a 40-acre federal reservation in Death Valley (Inyo County), in south-central California, near the Nevada border. This site is commonly known as Indian Village. They also have additional lands in and near Death Valley National Park.
When the Spanish arrived in the late 1500s, the Mojaves were the largest concentration of people in the Southwest. The land of the Mojave, the most northern of the Yuman tribes, stretched from Black Canyon to the Picacho Mountains below today’s Parker Dam, straddling the Colorado River. Today, this tribe is known as the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California, and Nevada.
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The Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation is a federally recognized American Indian tribe who has lived in the Grand Canyon for at least the past 800 years.
The federally recognized Hopi Tribe of Arizona lives in northeastern Arizona in twelve villages on three mesas.