Sure you can ! Is it legal ? NO If caught you can be fined for tresspassing and escorted off of the reservation.
Reserve or reservation.
The land is called a "Reservation" because it is reserved for Indians (aka, and more accurately - Native Americans).
State Laws do NOT apply on Reservations, although, there may be legal recoprocity between the Tribe and the State government regarding some matters. Normally, no State legal action can be performed on Reservation without the consent of the Tribal Government much like one State cannot have jusrisdiction over another State... see extradition.
White settlers began wanting the land on the plains
Sure you can ! Is it legal ? NO If caught you can be fined for tresspassing and escorted off of the reservation.
Reserve or reservation.
Many holiday revelers purchase their fireworks on the local Indian Reservation, because as a sovereign nation, the Indian people can sell them. Most smokers in our region purchase their cigarettes at the local casino, because it's owned by the Indians, and is reservation territory, and no US federal or state taxes are collected on these purchases.
See the "Dawes Act" on Answers.com The Dawes Act divided reservation land amongst individual tribal members. The tribal member could sell the land. Deeded land on a reservation is land that the tribal member sold.
An Indian Reservation.
Oil. When oil was found on Indian lands, speculators bought up even more Indian land.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs administers and manages 55.7 million acres of land in behalf of American Indians, Indian Tribes and Alaskan natives.
The land is called a "Reservation" because it is reserved for Indians (aka, and more accurately - Native Americans).
State Laws do NOT apply on Reservations, although, there may be legal recoprocity between the Tribe and the State government regarding some matters. Normally, no State legal action can be performed on Reservation without the consent of the Tribal Government much like one State cannot have jusrisdiction over another State... see extradition.
No. Only reservation land is considered as such. Tribal land is held in trust and can only be leased it cannot be sold.
White settlers began wanting the land on the plains
Salamanca is a the only town in US that is on land leased from the Native Americans.