what is an indian reservation?

Question

How are laws on reservations different from the states that reservations are located in?

Answer 1

In the United States, an Indian reservation is land which is managed by a Native American tribe under the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs. Reservations were established when white Europeans in America began to forcibly take land from the American Indians, who had lived here for thousands of years. Because the land is federal territory and Native Americans have limited national sovereignty, there are often legal casinos on reservations, usually for tourist reasons.
Many Native Americans who live on reservations deal with the federal government through two agencies: the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.
Some Indian reservations offer a quality of life that's among the poorest to be found in the United States. Shannon County, South Dakota, home of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, is routinely described as one of the poorest counties in the nation.
The government unit with jurisdiction over Indian reservations is the tribal council, rather than federal, state or county governments. Indian reservations often have their own systems of government, which may or may not replicate the forms of government found outside the reservation. That said, some Indian reservations were laid out by the federal government, others were outlined by the states.

Answer 2

An Indian Reservation has the distinction of being a Sovereign Nation within the borders of the United States. This means that all State laws and regulations are invalid. The Indian Tribe has to establish their own set of laws and usually will adhere to most Federal laws in order to keep this unique distinction from being usurped.

Answer 3

They're not different really. The Indians who choose to live on the Res still have to abide by State and Federal law. The way the law is enforced is different however. They have their own police, their own courts and their own jails on some. The legal system of America can still judge them and does on a Federal level I believe. To answer the initial question.......... Simply......a Reservation is chunk of crap land that America gave Aborigines in trade for their lives and a compensation check

Answer 4

an indian reservation is a large area of land that the gov. gave the indians to live on. they get benifits and breaks for living there.

Answer 5

When Tonto calls the local restaraunt and says " I would like to make dinner reservations for 2 at 7pm"