Commission on Civil Rights. The waiting list for tribal housing is long; the wait is often three years or more, and overcrowding is inevitable. Most families will not turn away family members or anyone who needs a place to stay. It is not uncommon for 3 or more generations to live in a two-bedroom home with inadequate plumbing, kitchen facilities, cooling, and heating.
Further increasing the concerns with reservation housing is the noticeable absence of utilities. While most Americans take running water, telephones, and electricity for granted, many reservation families live without these amenities. On a seriously stretched budget, utilities are viewed as luxuries compared to food and transportation.
Overcrowding, substandard dwellings, and lack of utilities all increase the potential for health risk, especially in rural and remote areas where there is a lack of accessible healthcare. Due to underfunding, Indian Health Service facilities are crisis-driven and leave a wide gap in adequate and preventative health care for many Native Americans on the reservations.
Pharmacies and doctor's offices outside of hospitals are completely non-existent in some communities. The following state-by-state listing of Indian tribes or groups are federally recognized and eligible for funding and services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs BIA , there are currently federally recognized tribes.
For more information on federally recognized tribes, click here. The list also includes Indian tribes or groups that are recognized by the states, when the state has established such authority. This acknowledges their status within the state but does not guarantee funding from the state or the federal government. Mayo House. Search Collections. Mondale Collection. What is a Reservation? You are here Home » History » Newcomers » U. Cite title. The name "reservation" comes from the belief that tribes were independent sovereigns at the time the U.
Constitution was ratified. Early treaties for land also designated parcels which the tribes, as sovereigns--a term used to describe the concept of Indian nations' right to govern themselves-- "reserved" for themselves. Those parcels came to be called "reservations. Laws on tribal lands vary from the surrounding area. The tribal council, not the local or federal government, generally has jurisdiction over reservations.
Different reservations have different systems of government. A detailed map of reservations.
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