INDIAN RESERVATIONS

Indian reservation facts

• Indian reservations are areas reserved for use by Indians.
• The Lenape reservation is said to be the first Indian reservations.
• The term "Indian reserve" was first used after the French&Indian war.
• Indian reservations were originally very large.
• However, eventually they became smaller and smaller.

Spokane Indian Reservation

• Created in January 1881.
• Originally over 3 million acres.
• Now only 159,000 acres.

Leech Lake Indian Reservation

• 972.517 square miles of land.
• 337.392 square miles of water.
• 10,660 residents as of 2010.