Annette Island
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Annette Island or Tàakw.àani is an island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean on the southeastern coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is at. It is about 18 km lo
Annette Island Panorama
Fish trap on Tamgas Stream, Annette Island, July 1910
Annette Island Airfield, 1941
Annette Island landscape
Indian reservation
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An Indian reservation in the United States is an area of land held and governed by a Native American tribal nation officially recognized by the U.S. federal government. The reservation's government is
Annette Island
…it has been the base of the Annette Island Reserve of the Metlakatla Alaska Native Community, composed mostly of Tsimshian people. This is the only Indian reservation in Alaska as Metlakatla voted to opt out of giving up their lands under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of the 1970s. In 2016 they elected…
The Indian Country (highlighted in red) in 1834
Most Indian reservations, like the Laguna Indian reservation in New Mexico (pictured here in March 1943), are in the western United States, often in regions suitable more for ranching than farming.
Wagon loaded with squash, Rosebud Indian Reservation, ca. 1936
Fort Stanwix, New York