Wilson ~ Indian Land Problems / Land Planning Report

TABLE VII. — Original acreage of Indian tribal lands and deductions therefrom, by States, up to September 1934

State Gross tribal area Deductions (other than by allotments) Allotments
Original acreage of Indian reservations Land subsequently added to reservations Maximum total tribal acreage Acreage of ceded lands 1 Acreage of surplus lands opened to settlement 2 Miscellaneous 3 Total Number made Acreage allotted Acreage alienated by allotments 4
Montana46,012,16946,012,16934,380,7263,870,897113,24338,364,86621,7446,527,0481,461,420
Oklahoma29,668,76029,668,7604,0009,735,162408,60010,147,762119,44919,488,39616,601,112
Arizona14,018,0294,696,40418,714,43312,16044,24956,4097,110242,98640
South Dakota12,341,60112,341,6011,270,8972,865,77056,1544,192,82132,9527,445,8822,834,178
New Mexico3,805,8132,237,9176,043,730145,280145,2804,6971,072,220
Utah5,173,180275,9625,449,1423,859,4633,859,4631,375115,24729,619
Washington4,586,52694,2824,680,8081,500,000224,8704611,725,33111,8981,199,644242,562
Wyoming2,288,5001,480,0003,768,5001,500,4271,500,4272,403245,78118,497
Oregon3,465,470173,465,487706,576785,2591,491,8355,736669,858169,543
Idaho2,205,6586402,206,298436,910242,101552,6561,231,6674,125628,540172,843
Minnesota2,180,4032,180,403119,013757,867876,88012,507892,508760,110
North Dakota2,037,4772,037,477264,795417,050681,8457,0341,325,302348,159
Nevada691,2817,115698,39601,65488,5791,804
Colorado584,744584,744037572,85133,473
Wisconsin570,704570,70404,789307,287174,785
Nebraska500,95112,348513,299163,650163,6504,529345,403280,369
California299,852170,367470,2192,9402,9402,88758,59715,341
Florida3,640122,240125,8800
Kansas116,438116,43801,305116,33781,617
North Carolina91,03591,03527,77527,775
New York 5 87,67787,6770
Mississippi2025,7065,90805,706
Iowa803,3143,3943333
Total130,730,1909,106,312139,836,50238,299,10922,694,6583,475,21764,468,984246,56940,848,17223,225,472
  • 1 Ceded lands are lands to which title was formally relinquished by treaty.
  • 2 Surplus lands are those left over after allotment that were opened to white settlement.
  • 3 Miscellaneous consists mainly of State school lands; purchased for public works, small sales, etc.
  • 4 Alienated, as here used, means removed from the 25-year-trust status, and includes both white-owned allotment land, and Indian-owned allotment land now held under fee patent.
  • 5 Data incomplete.

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