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English: A series of United States Indian reservation locator maps, constructed mostly with Tiger/LINE and BIA open data, with supplements from the Canadian and Mexican censuses. Generated on July 24, 2019.
The Narragansett tribe was recognized by the federal government in 1983 and controls the Narragansett Indian Reservation, 1,800 acres (7.3 km 2) of trust lands in Charlestown, Rhode Island. [4] A small portion of the tribe resides on or near the reservation, according to the 2000 U.S. Census . [ 5 ]
There are approximately 326 federally recognized Indian Reservations in the United States. [1] Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos.
These lands served as the Narragansett reservation between 1709 and 1880, when the tribe sold the land to the state and was formally detribalized. Because of this long period of Native occupation, the area is archaeologically important, containing both historic and prehistoric artifacts. [ 3 ]
The area today known as Washington County was part of the ancestral lands of the Narragansett Indian Tribe. [6] During the second half of the 17th Century, about a dozen English colonists from Newport and Massachusetts colonies moved to the area to establish farms; the larger of these were known as "Narragansett Planters."
The population was 7,997 at the 2020 census. ... Charlestown is the headquarters for the Narragansett Indian Tribe and the location of their reservation. [9]
After a contentious meeting, the Narragansett Town Council voted by a narrow margin to allow free beach access to tribal members this summer.
Flags of Wisconsin tribes in the Wisconsin state capitol. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [4]