The Largest Reservations and Tribal Lands in the United States

Native nations ranked by land area.

The Navajo Nation dwarfs every other reservation, covering more land than ten U.S. states, followed by the reservations of eastern Oklahoma affirmed after McGirt v. Oklahoma and the great reservations of the Great Basin and Plains. Areas are drawn from the 2020 Census or from each nation’s own figures, and measure land within each reservation’s boundaries, which can include land owned by non-Native people.

#	Place	Area (sq mi)
1	Navajo Nation The largest reservation in the United States	27,413 sq mi 71,000 km²
2	Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma The first nation removed on the Trail of Tears	10,923 sq mi 28,290 km²
3	Chickasaw Nation South-central Oklahoma’s Chickasaw homeland, governed from Ada	7,649 sq mi 19,810 km²
4	Cherokee Nation The largest of the Five Tribes, centered on Tahlequah	6,963 sq mi 18,034 km²
5	Uintah and Ouray Reservation Home of the Ute Indian Tribe in Utah’s Uinta Basin	6,773 sq mi 17,542 km²
6	Muscogee (Creek) Nation The reservation at the center of McGirt v. Oklahoma	4,900 sq mi 12,690 km²
7	Tohono Oʼodham Nation The Desert People of the Sonoran borderlands	4,454 sq mi 11,535 km²
8	Pine Ridge Reservation Oglala Lakota homeland and the site of Wounded Knee	4,343 sq mi 11,248 km²
9	Crow Reservation Apsáalooke homeland and the Little Bighorn battlefield	3,596 sq mi 9,314 km²
10	Standing Rock Reservation Lakota and Dakota homeland on the Missouri River	3,568 sq mi 9,242 km²
11	Wind River Reservation Wyoming’s only reservation, shared by two nations	3,475 sq mi 8,999 km²
12	San Carlos Apache Reservation Western Apache homeland on the Gila River	2,902 sq mi 7,517 km²
13	Hopi Reservation Mesa-top villages among the oldest communities in North America	2,532 sq mi 6,558 km²
14	Blackfeet Reservation Where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountain Front	2,372 sq mi 6,143 km²
15	Yakama Nation Fourteen tribes and bands beneath Mount Adams	2,186 sq mi 5,661 km²

Place

Area (sq mi)

Navajo Nation
The largest reservation in the United States

27,413 sq mi
71,000 km²

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
The first nation removed on the Trail of Tears

10,923 sq mi
28,290 km²

Chickasaw Nation
South-central Oklahoma’s Chickasaw homeland, governed from Ada

7,649 sq mi
19,810 km²

Cherokee Nation
The largest of the Five Tribes, centered on Tahlequah

6,963 sq mi
18,034 km²

Uintah and Ouray Reservation
Home of the Ute Indian Tribe in Utah’s Uinta Basin

6,773 sq mi
17,542 km²

Muscogee (Creek) Nation
The reservation at the center of McGirt v. Oklahoma

4,900 sq mi
12,690 km²

Tohono Oʼodham Nation
The Desert People of the Sonoran borderlands

4,454 sq mi
11,535 km²

Pine Ridge Reservation
Oglala Lakota homeland and the site of Wounded Knee

4,343 sq mi
11,248 km²

Crow Reservation
Apsáalooke homeland and the Little Bighorn battlefield

3,596 sq mi
9,314 km²

Standing Rock Reservation
Lakota and Dakota homeland on the Missouri River

3,568 sq mi
9,242 km²

Wind River Reservation
Wyoming’s only reservation, shared by two nations

3,475 sq mi
8,999 km²

San Carlos Apache Reservation
Western Apache homeland on the Gila River

2,902 sq mi
7,517 km²

Hopi Reservation
Mesa-top villages among the oldest communities in North America

2,532 sq mi
6,558 km²

Blackfeet Reservation
Where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountain Front

2,372 sq mi
6,143 km²

Yakama Nation
Fourteen tribes and bands beneath Mount Adams

2,186 sq mi
5,661 km²

Figures are drawn from standard government and reference sources and shown in both imperial and metric units. See each entry for full details and citations. Browse all guides or open the explore map.