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Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park

Settlers awaiting the official signal that they may cross onto the Fort Hall Indian Reservation and claim tribal land deemed “surplus” by the U.S. government, Pocatello, Idaho, 1902.

Native American reservations in the United States

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reservation: References & Edit History

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Assorted References

Australian Aboriginals and British colonialism
- In Australian Aboriginal peoples: The Europeans
- In Australian Aboriginal peoples: The Europeans
Dawes General Allotment Act
- In Native American: Allotment
issue of criminal jurisdiction
- In Native American: Developments in the late 20th and early 21st centuries
Native American history
- In Native American: The conquest of the western United States
Numbered Treaties
- In Numbered Treaties
Otero county
- In Otero
problem of economic underdevelopment
- In Native American: Economic development: tourism, tribal industries, and gaming
social impact
- In United States: Native Americans

settlement of

Jicarilla Apache
- In Jicarilla Apache
Southwest American Indians
- In Southwest Indian: The 20th and 21st centuries

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Elizabeth Prine Pauls

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Reservation Lands as a Protective Social Factor: An Analysis of Psychological Distress among Two American Indian Tribes.	Emily Rodriguez	Nov 20, 2024
	Add new Web site: UC Berkeleys College of Natural Resources - The Virtual Reservation: Land Distribution, Natural Resource Access, and Equity on the Yurok Forest.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 09, 2024
	Add new Web site: University of Montana - How reservation land is owned by individuals.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 31, 2023
	Cross-references added.	Jeff Wallenfeldt	Aug 28, 2019
	Replaced photographs.	Amy Tikkanen	Mar 22, 2018
	Add new Web site: Oregon History Project - Acquiring Reservation Land.	Grace Young	Jun 20, 2017
	New article added.	Elizabeth Prine Pauls	Jan 17, 2008