Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Indian Reservations
INDIAN RESERVATIONS, lands set aside by treaties between the United States and the Indians for the residence of the latter. Up to 1871 these lands were fixed by treaty, but as that to some extent recognized the independence of the Indians all later arrangements have been made by act of Congress. At first the land was given unreservedly to the Indians but since 1887 the policy has been adopted of giving each individual Indian his allotted share of land, making him a citizen. Eventually under this policy the reservations will disappear entirely.
The larger reservations as they existed in 1920 are:
| Arizona | |
| Acres | |
| Navaho | 12,115,283 |
| Hopi | 2,472,230 |
| Fort Apache | 1,681,920 |
| San Carlos | 1,834,240 |
| Minnesota | |
| Red Lake | 543,528 |
| Montana | |
| Crow | 1,836,753 |
| Fort Peck | 1,774,967 |
| Blackfeet | 959,644 |
| New Mexico | |
| Mescalero Apache | 474,240 |
| Zuñi | 315,040 |
| North Dakota | |
| Standing Rock | 1,847,812 |
| Oklahoma | |
| Choctaw | 2,590,043 |
| Wichita | 1,511,576 |
| Chickasaw | 803,108 |
| Oregon | |
| Klamath | 872,186 |
| South Dakota | |
| Cheyenne River | 2,467,926 |
| Pine Ridge | 1,943,121 |
| Rosebud | 1,524,210 |
| California | |
| Mission (28 reserves) | 202,216 |
| Colorado | |
| Fort Hall | 447,940 |
| Washington | |
| Colville | 1,297,009 |
| Yakima | 837,753 |
The total acreage given over to Indian reservations in the United States was in 1920, 48,477,216 acres.