TheTravel: 10 Largest Native American Reservations

Above, North Window at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Across Interstate 40 from Jamestown, New Mexico are parts of the Navajo Nation. The area is checkered with Navajo land east of Gallup. The main part of the Nation is to the north in the Four Corners region.

Other Native American reservations or pueblos in the area include the Zuni and Hopi tribes.

TheTravel has posted a list of ten largest Native American reservations. Some are open to visitors and some are not.

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There are many reservations in the United States for Native Americans. These often have long and troubled histories, and they are mostly found in the western half of the country. Some of these reservations are open to visitors, while others are largely closed off to outside visitors. Some are quasi-nations in their own rights, while others are uninhabited.

All of the largest reservations in the United States are in Arizona, Utah, Montana, South Dakota, and North Dakota. In Oklahoma, visitors can explore the Cherokee Nation and learn about a nation of resolve thrown out of their homelands in North Carolina. These are the biggest Native American reservations in the United States of the 326 reservations in existence.

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