The land set aside by the American government for native peoples. These started out much larger than they are, present day. Now they are generally just small dots on the map, no larger than a small town.
Nominally, these are sovereign states, run by tribal governments.
Increasingly, people on the reservation live off of tourism and retail. Many reservations (at least in Washington) have relaxed gambling laws, and sell things like cigarettes and fireworks cheaper than they are sold off of the rez. |
