|
Name
of Reservation
|
Name
of tribe occupying Reservation |
Population |
Square miles |
Area
in acres |
Date
of Treaty or law establishing Reserve |
|
WASHINGTON
TERRITORY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tulalip |
Dwamish,
Suquamish, and other allied tribes |
3,383 |
308 |
197,120 |
Treaty
January 22, 1855, Stats. at Large, vol. 12, p. 927 |
|
Skokomish |
S'Klallamus |
825 |
6 |
4,000 |
Treaty
January 22, 1855, Stats. at Large, |
|
Makah
(Neah Bay Agency) |
Makah |
550 |
20 |
12,000 |
Treaty
January 31, 1855, Stats. at Large, vol. 12, p. 939 |
|
Puyallup |
Nisqually,
Puyallup, Steilacoom, Squaw skin, and others |
750 |
7 |
4,480 |
Treaty
December 26, 1854, Stats. at Large, vol. 10, p. 1132 |
|
Quinaielt |
Quinaielt
and Quil-leh-ute |
539 |
6 |
3,840 |
Treaty
July 11, 1855, Stats. at Large, vol. 12, p. 971 |
|
Yakima |
Yakima |
2,700 |
2,000 |
2,280,000 |
Treaty
June 9, 1855, Stats. at Large, vol. 12, p. 951 |
|
Chehallis |
Chehallis |
900 |
216 |
138,240 |
Order
of the Secretary of the Interior, July 8, 1864 |
|
Fort
Colville |
Colville,
Spokanes, Okinakanes, San Pocilo, & c. |
3,349 |
--- |
--- |
Living
on lands not actually set aside as a Reservation |
|
OREGON |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Umatilla |
Walla-Walla,
Cayuses, and Umatilla |
850 |
800 |
512,000 |
Treaty
of June 9, 1855, Stats. at Large, vol. 12, p. 945 |
|
Warm
Springs |
Confederated
tribes of middle Oregon |
616 |
1,600 |
1,024,000 |
Treaty
of June 25, 1855, Stats. at Large, vol. 12, p. 963. |
|
Grand
Ronde |
Calapooias,
Molallas, Tum-waters, and Clackamas |
1,100 |
108 |
69,120 |
Treaty
of January 22, 1855, Stats. at Large, vol. 10, p. 1143. |
|
Alsea
and Siletz |
Coos,
Umpqua, Sinselano, Alsea, and others |
2,800 |
1,720 |
1,100,800 |
Treaty
August 11, 1855; not ratified, but Reservation occupied. |
|
Klamath |
Klamath,
Moadoc, and Yahooskin bands of Snakes |
4,000 |
1,200 |
768,000 |
Treaty
October 14, 1864, Stats. at Large, vol. 16, p. 707. |
|
CALIFORNIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Round
Valley |
Ulkie,
Con-Con, Pitt River, Wylackie, and Redwood |
793 |
50 |
31,603 |
Act
of Congress, April 8, 1864, Stats. at Large, vol. 13, p. 30 and
Executive Order, March 30, 1870. |
|
Hoopa
Valley |
Hoonsolton,
Miscott, Cernalton, Tish- tang-a-tang, and others |
800 |
60 |
38,400 |
Act
of Congress, April 8, 1864, Stats. At Large, vol. 13, p. 39 |
|
Tule |
Tule
and Manache |
374 |
2 |
1,280 |
Temporarily
leased. |
|
San
Pasqual and Pala |
Mission
(San Luis Rey, Diegenes, and Coahuillas tribes |
5,056 |
216 |
138,240 |
Executive
Order January 31, 1870; order revoked; Indians scattered in Southern
California |
|
ARIZONA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Colorado
River |
Mohave |
725 |
117 |
75,000 |
Act
of Congress, March 3, 1865, Stats. at Large, vol. 13, p. 559. |
|
Gila
River |
Pima,
Maricopa, Papago, Cocopah, Mohave, and Apache |
4,031 |
100 |
64,000 |
Act
of Congress, February 28, 1859, Stats. at Large, vol. 11, p. 401. |
|
NEVADA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Truckee
River or Pyramid Lake Walker
River |
Pah-Utes |
1,050 |
500 |
322,000 |
Established
by authority of the Department |
|
UTAH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unitah
Valley |
Unitah
Utes |
7,800 |
3,186 |
2,039,040 |
Executive
Order, October 3, 1861 |
|
NEW
MEXICO |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Navajo |
Navajo |
8,234 |
5,200 |
3,328,000 |
Treaty
June 1, 1868, Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 667 |
|
Pueblo |
Pueblo |
7,683 |
687 |
439,664 |
Confirmed
by United States patents in 1864 under old Spanish grants |
|
Southern
Apache |
Cimmaron,
Gila, Jicarilla, Mohuache, Mescalero, and Miembres bands of Apaches |
3,479 |
227 |
145,280 |
Established
by Department order December, 1863 |
|
COLORADO |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Southern
Ute (Los Tebequache, Muache, Capote, Weeminuche, Pinos and White River
Agencies |
Yampa,
Grand River, and Unitah bands of Utes |
3,870 |
23,10 |
14,784,000 |
Treaty
March 2, 1868, Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 619. |
|
DAKOTA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Devil's
Lake (Sisseton Agency) |
Sisseton,
Warpeton, and Cuthead bands of Sioux |
730 |
540 |
345,600 |
Treaty
February 19, 1867, Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 505. |
|
Fort
Berthold |
Arikaree,
Gros Ventres, and Mandan |
2,700 |
13,500 |
8,640,000 |
Executive
Order April 12, 1870 |
|
General Sioux
Reserve (Yankton, Whetstone, Crow, Creek, Cheyenne River and Grand
River Agencies) |
Brule,
Ogallalah, Minneconjon, Yanctonai, Onepapa, Blackfeet, Cuthead, Two
Kettle, Sans Arc, and Santee bands of Sioux |
28,219 |
40,570 |
25,964,800 |
Treaty
April 29, 1860, Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 505 |
|
Ponca |
Ponca |
736 |
900 |
576,000 |
Treaty
March 12, 1858, Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 505 |
|
Lake Traverse
(Sisseton Agency) |
Sisseton and
Warpeton bands of Sioux |
1,426 |
1,940 |
1,241,600 |
Treaty
February 19, 1867, Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 505 |
|
IDAHO |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nez
Percé (Lapwai) |
Nez
Percé |
2,807 |
2,100 |
1,344,000 |
Treaty
June 9, 1863, Stats. at Large, vol. 14, p. 647 |
|
Cour d'Alene |
Spokanes, Cour
d'Alene, and others of North Idaho |
300 |
400 |
256,000 |
Executive
Order, June 14, 1867 |
|
Fort Hall |
Shoshone and
Bannock (Boise and Bruneau bands) |
1,037 |
2,459 |
1,568,000 |
Treaty, July
3, 1868, Stats. At Large, vol. 15, p. 673 |
|
Shoshone,
Bannock & c. |
Mixed bands of
Shoshones, Bannocks, and Sheep-eaters |
600 |
60 |
38,400 |
|
|
MONTANA |
|||||
|
General
Reservation (Milk River and Blackfeet Agencies) |
Gros Ventre,
Piegan, Blood, Blackfeet, and Crow tribes; also Assiniboines, Northern
Cheyennes, and Araphaoes, and Santee and Yankton Sioux |
23,690 |
27,200 |
17,408,000 |
Treaty
concluded July 13 and 15, and September 1, 1868; not yet ratified |
|
Jocko
(Flathead Agency) |
Pend
d'oreille, Flathead, and Kootenay |
1,900 |
2,240 |
1,433,600 |
Treaty July
16, 1855, Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 975 |
|
Mountain Crow |
Mountain Crow |
2,700 |
9,800 |
6,272,000 |
Treaty May 7,
1868, Stats. at Large, vol. 16, p. 673 |
|
WYOMING |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wind River |
Eastern bands
of Shoshones and Bannocks |
2,000 |
4,200 |
2,688,000 |
Treaty July 3,
1868, Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 673 |
|
NEBRASKA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Winnebago |
Winnebago |
1,400 |
200 |
128,000 |
Treaty with
Omahas, March 6, 1865, Stats. at Large, vol. 14, p.
667 |
|
Omaha |
Omaha |
984 |
540 |
345,600 |
Treaty March
6, 1865, Stats. at Large, vol. 14, p. 667 |
|
Otoe |
Otoe and
Missouria |
450 |
250 |
160,000 |
Treaty
December 9, 1864, Stats. at Large, vol. 14, p. 605 |
|
Great Nemaha |
Iowa and Sac
and Fox of the Missouri |
450 |
250 |
160,000 |
Treaty
December 9, 1845, Stats. at Large, vol. 11, p. 605 |
|
Santee Sioux |
Santee Sioux |
987 |
130 |
183,200 |
Executive
Order March 1, 1866 |
|
Pawnee |
Pawnee |
2,364 |
450 |
288,000 |
Treaty
September 24, 1857, Stats. at Large, vol. 11, p. 729 |
|
KANSAS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pottawatomie
(diminished Reservation) |
Prairie band
of Pottawatomies |
400 |
121 |
77,357 |
Treaty June
1845, Stats. at Large, vol. 9, p. 853 |
|
Chippewa and
Munsee |
Chippewa and
Munsee or Christian |
250 |
9 |
5,760 |
Treaty July
16, 1859, Stats. at Large, vol. 12, p. 1105 |
|
Miami |
Miami |
100 |
16 |
10,240 |
Treaty June 5,
1854, Stats. at Large, vol. 10., p. 1111 |
|
Kickapoo
(diminished Reservation) |
Kickapoo |
296 |
30 |
19,200 |
Treaty June
28, 1862, Stats. at Large, vol. 13, p. 623 |
|
New York |
New York
Indians |
32 |
16 |
10,240 |
Treaty January
15, 1838, STats. at Large, vol. 7, p. 550 |
|
INDIAN
TERRITORY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cherokee |
Cherokee |
14,682 |
28,335 |
13,014,135 |
Treaty
February 14, 1833, Stats. at Large, vol. 7, p. 414 |
|
Creek |
Creek |
13,000 |
5,048 |
3,230,720 |
Treaties,
February 14, 1833, and June 14, 1866, Stats. at Large, vol. 7, p. 417,
and vol. 14, p. 785 |
|
Quapaw (Quapaw
special agency) |
Quapaw |
225 |
163 |
104,000 |
Treaties, May
13, 1833, and February 23, 1867, STats. at Large, vol. 7, p. 417 and
vol. 14, p. 785 |
|
Peoria &
c. (Quapaw special agency) |
Peoria,
Kaskaskia, Piankeshaw, and Wea |
151 |
113 |
|
Treaty,
February 23, 1867, Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 513 |
|
Ottawa (Quapaw
special agency) |
Ottawas of
Blanchard's Fork and Roche de Boeuf |
149 |
39 |
24,960 |
Treaty
February 23, 1867, Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 513 |
|
Shawnee
(Quapaw special agency) |
Eastern
Shawnees |
73 |
39 |
24,960 |
Treaty
February 23, 1867, Stats at Large, vol, 15, p. 513 |
|
Wyandott
(Quapaw special agency) |
Wyandott |
169 |
31 |
20,000 |
Treaty
February 23, 1867, Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 513 |
|
Seneca (Quapaw
special agency) |
Seneca |
155 |
59 |
44,000 |
Treaty
February 23, 1867, Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 513 |
|
Arapaho and
Cheyenne |
Arapaho and
Cheyenne |
3,390 |
6,434 |
4,011,500 |
Executive
Order August 10, 1869, in lieu of Reservation set apart by treaty of
October 28, 1867 |
|
Sac and Fox |
Sac and Fox of
the Mississippi |
468 |
756 |
483,840 |
Treaty
February 18, 1867, Stats. at Large, vol. 15, p. 495 |
|
Pottawatomie |
Pottawatomie |
1,336 |
900 |
576,000 |
Treaty
February 2, 1867, Stats. at Large, vol. 14, p. 755 |
|
Seminole |
Seminole |
2,300 |
313 |
200,000 |
Treaty March
21, 1866, Stats. at Large, vol. 14, p. 755 |
|
Kiowa,
Commanche, and Apache |
Kiowa,
Commanche, and Apache |
5,372` |
5,546` |
3,549,440 |
Treaty March
21, 2866, Stats. at Large, vol. 14, p. 755 |
|
Chicksaw |
Chickasaw |
5,000 |
6,840 |
4,377,600 |
Treaty June
22, 1855, Stats. at Large, vol. 11, p. 611 |
|
Choctaw |
Choctaw |
15,000 |
10,450 |
6,688,000 |
Treaty, June
18, 1855, Stats. at Large, vol. 11, p. 611 |
|
Osage (Neosho
agency) |
Osage |
3,375 |
875 |
560,000 |
Article 16,
Cherokee treaty July 1866, and order Secretary of Interior, March 21,
1871 |
|
Wichita |
Wichita,
Caddo, Waco, Keechie, Tawacanie, and Ionie tribes |
1,216 |
|
|
|
|
MINNESOTA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Red Lake
(Chippewa Agency) |
Red Lake and
Pembina bands of Chippewas [sic] |
1,596 |
5,000 |
3,200,000 |
Treaty October
2, 1863, Stats. at Large, vol. 13, p. 667 |
|
White Earth
(Chippewa Agency) Leech Lake
(Chippewa Agency) |
Chippewas of
the Mississippi |
4,140 |
2,300 |
1,472,000 |
Treaty March
19, 1867, Stats. at Large, vol. 16, p. 719 |
|
Bois Forte
(Chippewa Agency) |
Bois Forte
Band of Chippewas |
1,063 |
156 |
100,054 |
Treaty April
7, 1866, Stats. at Large, vol. 14, p. 765 |
|
Pigeon River
(Lake Superior agency) |
Grand Portage
Band of Chippewas of Lake Superior |
419 |
81 |
51,840 |
Treaty September
30, 1854, Stats. at Large, vol. 10, p. 1109 |
|
Fond du Lac
(Lake Superior Agency) |
Fond du Lac
band of Chippewas of Lake Superior |
469 |
156 |
100,121 |
Treaty September
30, 1854, Stats. at Large, vol. 10, p. 1109 |
|
WISCONSIN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Red Cliff (La
Pointe or Lake Superior Agency) |
La Pointe band
of Chippewas of Lake Superior |
926 |
3 |
2,000 |
Treaty September
30, 1854, Stats. at Large, vol. 10, p. 1109 |
|
Bad River (La
Pointe or Lake Superior Agency) |
La Pointe band
of Chippewas of Lake Superior |
867 |
120 |
76,900 |
Treaty, September
30, 1854, Stats. at Large, vol. 10, p. 1109 |
|
Lac Court
d'Oreille (La Pointe or Lake Superior agency) |
Small bands of
Chippewas of Lake Superior |
867 |
120 |
76,900 |
Treaty, September
30, 1854, Stats. at Large, vol. 10, p. 1109 |
|
Lac du
Flambeau (La Pointe or Lake Superior agency) |
Small bands of
Chippewas of Lake Superior |
660 |
144 |
92,160 |
Treaty September
30, 1854, Stats. at Large, vol. 10, p. 1109 |
|
Menomonee
(Green Bay agency) |
Menomonee |
1,348 |
360 |
230,400 |
Treaty May
12,
1854, Stats. at Large, vol. 10, p. 1064 |
|
Stockbridge
and Munsee (Green Bay agency) |
Stockbridge
and Munsee |
220 |
72 |
46,000 |
Treaty February
5, 1856, Stats. at Large, vol. 11, p. 663 |
|
Oneida (Green
Bay agency) |
Oneida |
1,293 |
95 |
60,800 |
Treaty February
3, 1838, Stats. at Large, vol, 7, p. 566 |
|
MICHIGAN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fourteen small
Reservations (Mackinac agency) |
Chippewas of
Saginaw, Swan Creek, and Black River, and Ottawas and Chippewas
including some Chippewas of Lake Superior and Pottawatomies of Huron |
8,547 |
1,146 |
733,600 |
Treaties October
18, 1864, and July
31, 1855, Stats. at Large, vol. 18, p.
1109, and vol. 11, p. 621 |
|
NEW YORK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cattaraugus
(New York Agency) |
Senecas,
Cayugas, and Onondagas |
1,607 |
35 |
22,400 |
Treaty June
30, 1802, Stats. at Large, vol. 7, p. 70 |
|
Allegany (New
York Agency) |
Seneca |
980 |
42 |
23,880 |
By arrangement
with State of New York |
|
Tonawanda (New
York agency) |
Seneca |
655 |
11 |
7,000 |
Treaty,
November 5, 1857, Stats. at Large, vol. 12, p. 991 |
|
Onondaga (New
York agency) |
Onondaga and
Oneida |
332 |
9.5 |
6,100 |
By arrangement
with State of New York |
|
Oneida (New
York Agency |
Oneida |
197 |
|
288 |
By arrangement
with State of New York |
|
St. Regis (New
York agency) |
St. Regis |
694 |
--- |
--- |
|
|
Tuscarora (New
York agency) |
Tuscarora |
461 |
9.5 |
5000 |
By arrangement
with State of New York |
|
|
|
|
|
|
a Total of 102 Reservations in 1871.
a Report of the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
to the Secretary of the Interior for the year 1871, Washington,
Government
Printing Office, 1872, pages 682-685.
[Editor's note: Indian treaties
ratified by the U.S. Congress and compiled and edited by Charles J.
Kappler have been digitalized and are posted online by the Oklahoma State
University Library. The B.I.A.'s 1871 list, reproduced above,
is incomplete.]
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