The portrait of Native Americans, their past and current social problems

Chapter 2 - 2.1

Chapter 2: The Indian reservation today

2.1. The definition of the reservation
Nowadays, there are a lot of various definitions of American Indians reservation. One of them is “A Native American reservation (also known as Indian reservation) is an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under the United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affair.”(Webster’s Online Dictionary 2006). According to “Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary” reservation is “an area of land in the US that is kept separate for Native Americans to live in” (Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 2005: 1290). The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service write “reservations are “trust assets” that were set aside for Native Americans use, pursuant to treaties, statues and executive order.”(The Native American Policy of The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1994).