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
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
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs, also known as Indian Affairs, is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies relate
Indian reservation
…government. The reservation's government is autonomous but subject to regulations passed by the United States Congress, and is administered by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. It is not subject however, to a state or local government of the U.S. state in which it is located. Some of the country's 574 federally recognized…
Main Interior Building, the department headquarters
Ely S. Parker was the first Native American to be appointed as Commissioner of Indian affairs (1869–1871).
Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1913
1940 Indians at Work magazine, published by the Office of Indian Affairs, predecessor agency to the Bureau of Indian Affairs