Reservation
In the United States, land set aside for a tribe by treaty or federal action and governed by that tribe.
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A reservation is land a tribe kept, or was moved to, when it gave up other land. Most reservation land is held in trust by the federal government for the tribe. The tribal government makes and enforces many of its own laws there. Not every tribe has a reservation.