Of the three million Native Americans who today live in the United States, around the half of them live in an Indian Reservation. An Indian Reservation is an area managed by a Native American tribe, and there are 326 of these areas in the United States today. The areas are originated from the policy of the United States in the 19th century, called Indian removal. The policy was that Native Americans living east of the Mississippi would be relocated east of the river. This was singed into laws by Andrew Jackson, in 1830.

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The majority of the American Indian Wars were fought because of this policy. When they ended nearly all Native tribes lived in a Reservation. The Reservations are today combined approximately 56.2 million acres, around 212,864 square kilometers. The conditions on these Reservations are often worse then in other parts of the United States (often no electricity, telephone or internet connection) 28 percent of Native Americans live at poverty level, while only 9.9 percent of non-Hispanic whites are at that status.

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In later years the government has tried to make up for the wrongdoings, for example by allowing gambling industry in the Reservation, if the state the reservation is in has some form of legalized gambling. The Indian gambling is a large tourist attraction and increases the economic health of the area, resulting in better schools and health care.