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reservation † 

• n. a tract of land set aside by the government for the exclusive use of a band of Indians, usually by treaty.

  See also: Indian reserve  reserve (def. 2)  

  • This term is nowadays characteristic of the United States, reserve being the more usual Canadian term.

  • 1859  (1959)  Has the Government of this Island the power to remove the Indians (by purchase) from that piece of outside Victoria Harbour known as the Indian Reservation.
  • 1966  They are not allowed to take it back on the reservation and if they do go into the woods, the mounties charge them for drinking in a public place. . . .