Reservation: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	station • reserve

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A Navajo horseman in a red shirt herds a group of sheep up a steep, sandy dune in Monument Valley, with rippled sand patterns visible in the sunlight.

Map of the United States showing the locations and names of American Indian reservations, Alaska Native villages, and counties or metropolitan areas with populations of 500 or more American Indians, Eskimos, or Aleuts. Reservations and Native areas are marked across the country, with concentrations in the West, Midwest, and Alaska, and an inset highlighting Alaska and Hawaii.

Smiling older woman with long white hair gestures with open hands; collage background of English and Native American writing, paper texture, and vintage portraits.

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Topics

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Key People

Fletcher, Alice Cunningham

Alice Cunningham Fletcher

American anthropologist