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In 1995, New Jersey established a Commission on American Indian Affairs (then termed the Commission on Native American Affairs) with two seats each for the recognized tribes of the Ramapough Mountain Indians, the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape, and the Powhatan Renape (the latter two groups are located in southern New Jersey.) In addition, two seats ...
U. Unalachtigo Lenape. Categories: Native American tribes by state. New Jersey. Native American history of New Jersey.
There are approximately 326 federally recognized Indian Reservations in the United States. [ 1] Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías.
The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation (also known as the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape or the Nanticoke Lenape) is a tribal confederation of Nanticoke of the Delmarva Peninsula and the Lenape of southern New Jersey and northern Delaware. They are recognized by the state of New Jersey, having reorganized and maintained elected governments since the ...
Watchung Reservation is the largest nature reserve in Union County, New Jersey, United States. [ 1] The Watchung area is located on a ridge within northern - central New Jersey, as it consists mainly of the upper valley of Blue Brook, between the ridges of the First Watchung Mountain and Second Watchung Mountains.
Indian Mills, formerly known as Brotherton, is an unincorporated community located within Shamong Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] It was the site of Brotherton Indian Reservation, the only Indian reservation in New Jersey and the first in America, founded for the Lenni Lenape tribe, some of whom were native to New Jersey's Washington Valley.
Out of these efforts came the establishment of New Jersey's only Indian reservation, Brotherton, in present-day Shamong Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. Located only twelve miles from Coaxen, this reservation was an attempt to both satisfy Indian land claims, and to transform the native people into yeoman farmers.
v. t. e. This is a list of Indian reservations in the U.S. state of New York . Allegany ( Cattaraugus County) Cattaraugus ( Erie County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County) Cayuga Nation of New York ( Seneca County) Oil Springs ( Cattaraugus County, Allegany County) Oneida Indian Nation ( Madison County)