Land area
Reservation of the Colorado River in Arizona (area 554)
- 1873
Set aside as a reservation
The 1899 record: “President sets apart an addition to Colorado River reservation, established by act of Congress Mar. 3, 1865”
- 1874
Set aside as a reservation
The 1899 record: “President enlarges reserve as established by act of Mar. 3, 1865, and enlarged by Executive order of Nov. 22, 1873”
In the record
Added to the Colorado River reservation by executive order in 1873 and enlarged again in 1874; never ceded. The area covers about 51 thousand acres in what is now Arizona.
This area was not ceded. The 1899 record shows it as a reservation the nation kept, at least until the record ends in 1894.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.
Shapes come from C. C. Royce’s 1899 maps as georeferenced by the US Forest Service. They are approximate and are not legal descriptions of land. Royce recorded land the United States treated as ceded; the shape does not show a nation’s territory.
Who is doing the work
Land return and Native-led work nearby
- Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition Nation government Tribal co-management and protection of Bears Ears National Monument Give on their site Website
- Colorado Plateau Foundation Native-led Grants to Native-led organizations protecting Colorado Plateau lands, waters and cultures Give on their site Website
- The Hopi Foundation Native-led Hopi community self-determination, capacity building, leadership programs and Hopi radio Give on their site Website
- Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute Native-led Hopi land stewardship, food sovereignty and regional food hub Give on their site Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
Located in 1
Sources
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1873-11-22primary record
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1874-11-16primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Arizona 2 (Library of Congress)primary record
- USDA Forest Service, Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States (digitized Royce maps)reference work
The record’s fields
- Area number in the 1899 record
- 554
- Dates in the 1899 record
- 1873-11-22; 1874-11-16
- Kind of instrument
- Executive order
- Peoples as named in the 1899 record
- Colorado River
- States
- AZ
- Counties
- La Paz
- Map sheets in the 1899 record
- Arizona 2
- Geometry
- Approximate shape from Royce’s 1899 maps
Research notes
geometry_role is 'cession' for every USFS feature: no field in the source distinguishes cessions from reservations.
- Kind
- Land area
- Confidence
- Medium