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reservation

[rez-er-vey-shuhn] / ˌrɛz ərˈveɪ ʃən /


NOUN
the act of holding something, or thing held for future use
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NOUN
habitat for large group
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Reservation growth in L.A. was capped below 10% for most of the same period.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

At the time these lands were a part of the Great Sioux Reservation, guaranteed to the Lakotas in perpetuity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

This proved vital in rural areas like Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation Reservation, where local emergency services would not have been able to afford the lifesaving antidote.

From Salon • May 24, 2025

His Lakota mother is from the Standing Rock Reservation and grew up in Fort Yates, N.D., until her family moved to Browning, Mont., on the Blackfeet Reservation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

Ever since the Spokane Indian Reservation was founded back in 1881, nobody in my family had ever lived anywhere else.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie




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