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Indian reservation†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a tract of land set aside by the government for the exclusive use of a band of Indians, usually by treaty.
See: Indian reserve
Quotations
1859
"Has the Government of this Island [Vancouver] the power to remove the Indians (by purchase) from that piece of land inside Victoria Harbour known as the Indian Reservation?"
1954
She said that this fall or next, when Stevie was old enough, she would try to get him into an Indian reservation school. . . .